Noun verb adjective adverb pronoun preposition conjunction interjection

The eight parts of speech are: Noun, Adjective, Pronouns, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.

1. Nouns:

 Naming words are called nouns. Nouns can be the names of persons, places, animals and things. 
Examples: father, girl, Jan, garden, garage, tiger, computer, bottle, pillow

2. Verbs: Doing or action words are called verbs.
Examples:
Main verbs: sit, stand, walk, study, write, eat, drink, play, laugh.
Helping verbs: do and have are also verbs but they are not main verbs.

3. Pronoun:

 Words used instead of nouns are called pronouns.
Examples: he, she, they, it I, you, we, him, me, us, them

4. Adjective: Describing words are called adjectives. They describe a noun.
Examples: a fat man, a deep well, a blind bat, an old car.

5. Adverbs:

 Words that describe verbs or adjectives are called adverbs.
Examples:
The boy ran 

 fast. ('fast' is an adjective and 'very' describes it)
He spoke 

. ('spoke' is a verb and 'loudly' describes it)

6. Prepositions: Position words are called prepositions. A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. The preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial, or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.
Examples:
There is no ink in my pen. ('in' is the preposition and 'ink' is its object)
I need a refill for my pen. ('for' is the preposition and 'refill' is its object)
I shall buy one on Monday at 5 o'clock. ('on' is the preposition and 'one' is its object)

7. Conjunction:

 Joining words are called conjunction.
Examples:
The sun shine during the day 

 the stars come out at night.
A fish can swim 

 a bird cannot.
The mice will play 

 the cat is away.

8. Interjections: Interjections are words used for showing surprise or any other strong feeling.
Examples: alas!, oh!, ah!, wow!, Gosh!, Hurray!

‘It gets hectic around here at lunchtime’ Is 'hectic' a verb, noun or adjective?

English speech can be separated into eight basic categories:

Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Pronouns
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections

Each category tells how a word is used in a sentence, but not what the word means. Sometimes the same word can be used in different ways. For example:

'Yuya plays the piano'. In this sentence 'plays' is a verb.
'The play starts at 7pm'. In this sentence 'play' is a noun.

Let's take a look at some examples of each category:

Nouns

'Dogs are cute.'

In this sentence 'Dogs' is the noun and the subject of the sentence. To put it simply, nouns are 'things': Table, Africa, Money, David Beckham – all of these are nouns.

Verbs

'Simon jumped off the wall.'

Here 'jumped' is the verb. It refers to an action.

Adjectives

'Tokyo is a big city.'

In this sentence 'big' is an adjective. Adjectives are used to describe a noun or a pronoun.

Pronouns

'They always drive to work.'

Here 'they' is a pronoun. Pronouns are used to identify nouns.

Adverbs

'She quietly walked away.'

Here 'quietly' is an adverb. Adverbs give us more information about a verb or adjective.

Prepositions

'My birthday is in May.'

In this sentence 'in' is a preposition. Prepositions are used to connect words and they usually come before a noun or pronoun.

Conjunctions

'Although he likes baseball, he is not very good at it.'

In this sentence 'although' is a conjunction. Conjunctions are used to connect clauses, phrases and words in a sentence.

Interjections

'Hey! Watch where you are going!'

In this sentence 'Hey' is an interjection. Interjections are used to show a sudden expression of emotion.

Now read through the following sentences and choose the correct match for the key words:

• 'Sheila was bitten by a SNAKE'.
  

  pronoun
  preposition
  adverb
  conjunction
  adjective
  noun
  verb
  interjection

• 'WOW! This tastes great!'
  

  noun
  adverb
  interjection
  conjunction
  adjective
  verb
  pronoun
  preposition

• 'She CRUSHED the can with her hands.'
  

  verb
  conjunction
  adverb
  pronoun
  noun
  interjection
  preposition
  adjective

• 'Your brother plays the piano WONDERFULLY'.
  

  interjection
  conjunction
  adjective
  pronoun
  preposition
  noun
  adverb
  verb

• 'It is HECTIC around here at lunchtime'.
  

  conjunction
  interjection
  preposition
  adverb
  pronoun
  noun
  adjective
  verb

• 'I finished reading my book WHILE she was sleeping.'
  

  pronoun
  preposition
  verb
  interjection
  conjunction
  adjective
  noun
  adverb

• 'The bank is BETWEEN the post office and the church.'
  

  verb
  preposition
  adjective
  pronoun
  adverb
  interjection
  noun
  conjunction

• 'This coat is not MINE.'
  

  adjective
  preposition
  verb
  adverb
  pronoun
  interjection
  noun
  conjunction

• 'SHE ran all the way home after school.'
  

  adverb
  preposition
  interjection
  noun
  conjunction
  adjective
  verb
  pronoun

• 'The Letter 'a' comes BEFORE 'b' in the alphabet.'
  

  noun
  adjective
  verb
  adverb
  conjunction
  interjection
  preposition
  pronoun

• 'Call me WHEN you are ready.'
  

  pronoun
  adjective
  noun
  verb
  adverb
  preposition
  interjection
  conjunction

• 'It was WINDY all day'.
  

  adverb
  conjunction
  interjection
  verb
  preposition
  noun
  adjective
  pronoun

• 'UNFORTUNATELY, I have to work tomorrow.'
  

  pronoun
  noun
  interjection
  adjective
  preposition
  adverb
  conjunction
  verb

• 'Did the phone RING?
  

  pronoun
  preposition
  adjective
  adverb
  noun
  conjunction
  verb
  interjection

• 'PHEW. That was close!'
  

  preposition
  pronoun
  verb
  noun
  adverb
  conjunction
  interjection
  adjective

• 'You should go and see a DENTIST'.
  

  preposition
  interjection
  adverb
  adjective
  conjunction
  verb
  pronoun
  noun

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