PART’S OF SPEECH

VERB
Action or State
EXAMPLES:
(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must

NOUN
Thing or Person
EXAMPLES:
pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John

ADJECTIVE
Describes a Noun
EXAMPLES:
good, big, red, well, interesting

DETERMINER
Limits or “Determines” a noun
EXAMPLES:
a/an, the, 2, some, many

ADVERB
Describes a Verb, adjective or adverb
EXAMPLES:
quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really

PRONOUN
Replaces a Noun
EXAMPLES:
I, you, he, she, some

PREPOSITION
links a noun to another word
EXAMPLES:
to, at, after, on, but
CONJUCTION
joins clauses or sentences or words
EXAMPLES:
and, but, when

INTERJECTION
short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence
EXAMPLES:
oh!, ouch!, hi!, well