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    The Parts of Speech in English

    English grammar books usually refer to the 8 Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives,
    Adverbs, Verbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Interjections.

    Why do YOU need to know the parts of speech?

    If you do not know what part of speech a word is, you are more likely to use it incorrectly. This
    is especially true with words which can be more than one part of speech. Let’s begin by looking
    at each part of speech:

    Part of Explanation Examples


    Speech
    Noun A noun is a name of a person, place, Cat, Sasha, Mexico, Happiness,
    thing, animal, idea, or activity Studying, fast (n.)
    Pronoun A pronoun is a word which replaces a I, me, you, they, he, her, hers, ours,
    noun myself
    Adjective An adjective is a word that modifies or nice, delicious, happy, fast (adj.)
    describes a noun or a pronoun
    Adverb An adverb is a word that modifies a nicely, happily, fast (adv.)
    verb, another adverb, or an adjective
    Verb A verb is a word that expresses action run, study, go, fast (v.)
    or existence
    Conjunction A conjunction is a word that connects The FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or,
    words, phrases, or clauses yet, so)
    Preposition A preposition is a word used to link upon, under, over, up, in, out
    nouns, pronouns, and phrases to
    other words in a sentence
    Interjection Interjections express emotion or Wow! Ouch! Help! Super!
    surprise
    Did you notice something? Some words can be nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs! The
    same word!

    Let’s look at the sentences below to find out more about parts of speech:

    The fast lasts for forty days. = Here, fast is a noun. We can guess because it is A) at the
    beginning of the sentence, and B) it is preceded by an article. These are two clues.

    He fasted for forty days. = Here, we can understand fasted is a verb because it is the main
    action of the sentence, has been conjugated, and it follows the pronoun he.

    He is a fast runner. = Here, we know fast is an adjective because it modifies, or describes


    runner, which is a noun.

    He runs fast. = Here, we know fast is an adverb because it answers a question about the verb
    run. How does he run? Fast! He runs fast.

    Tutoring and Learning Centre, George Brown College © 2014 www.georgebrown.ca/tlc


    The Parts of Speech in English

    Try to decide what part of speech the underlined words are. Write the part of speech in
    the space provided.

    Happiness can often seem


    elusive.______________________________________________________

    She seems friendly.


    __________________________________________________________________

    A friend is someone who listens.


    _______________________________________________________

    The friendly chipmunk was a great pet.


    _________________________________________________

    She speaks English fluently.


    ___________________________________________________________

    Her written English is flawless.


    _________________________________________________________

    Now, use each of the words given in a sentence:

    Well (n.):

    Well (adv.):

    Last (v.):

    Last (adj.):

    Last (adv.):

    Perfect (adj.):

    Perfect(v.):

    Tutoring and Learning Centre, George Brown College © 2014 www.georgebrown.ca/tlc

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