part
of speech
|
function
or "job"
|
example
words
|
example
sentences
|
action or state
|
(to) be, have, do, like, work,
sing, can, must
|
NGC is an English Club. I like
NGC.
|
|
thing or person
|
pen, dog, work, music, town,
London, teacher, John
|
This is my dog. He lives in
my house. We live in London.
|
|
describes a noun
|
good, big, red, well, interesting
|
My dogs are big. I like big
dogs.
|
|
limits or "determines" a
noun
|
a/an, the, 2, some, many
|
I have two dogs and some
rabbits.
|
|
describes a verb, adjective or
adverb
|
quickly, silently, well, badly,
very, really
|
My dog eats quickly. When
he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
|
|
replaces a noun
|
I, you, he, she, some
|
Tara is Indian. She is
beautiful.
|
|
links a noun to another word
|
to, at, after, on, but
|
We went to school on
Monday.
|
|
joins clauses or sentences or
words
|
and, but, when
|
I like dogs and I like
cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
|
|
short exclamation, sometimes
inserted into a sentence
|
oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
|
Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't
know.
|
* Some grammar sources traditionally
categorize English into 8 parts of speech. Other say 10. At NGC,
we use the more recent categorization of 9 parts of speech. Examples of
other categorizations are:
- Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech:
- lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
- auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)
- Determiners may be treated as adjectives, instead of being a separate part of speech.
source:https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech-table.htm
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