Parts of Speech in English Grammar

Pats of speech are the basic types of words you use in English grammar. You need to recognize and learn these parts of speech to use them correctly and understand explanations of English grammar.

• Noun: names a person, place, thing, idea (Lulu, jail, cantaloupe, loyalty, and so on)

• Pronoun: takes the place of a noun (he, who, I, what, and so on)

• Verb: expresses action or being (scrambled, was, should win, and so on)

• Adjective: describes a noun or pronoun (messy, strange, alien, and so on)

• Adverb: describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb (willingly, woefully, very, and so on)

• Preposition: relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence (by, for, from, and so on)

• Conjunction: ties two words or groups of words together (and, after, although, and so on)

• Interjection: expresses strong emotion (yikes! wow! ouch! and so on)