Parts of Speech
Simple Summary

Part of Speech	Function or "job"	Examples: words	Examples: sentences
1. Verb	expresses an action or state of being	run, study, live, be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must	I am a student. This is fun. We like music. They sing all the time.
2. Noun	names a person, place, thing or idea	Dick, Jane, music, town, justice, student, teacher, audience	This is my car. He lives in my house. We often travel to London.
3. Adjective	describes (modifies) a noun or pronoun	a/an, the, five, some, good, big, red, this, that, my, your, our	Look at the red car. The engine is huge. My house is empty.
4. Adverb	describes (modifies) a verb, adjective or adverb	quickly, silently, well, badly, really, very, ever, not, too (VENT)	His car goes very fast. She feels badly about it. I am really sorry.
5. Pronoun	replaces a noun	I, you, he, she, each, nobody, this, that, these, those, who, which, Who?	It belongs to me. They are students. I like him. Who are they? Does anyone know?
6. Preposition	links a noun or pronoun to another word	by, with, from, in, on, at, to, for, after, concerning	The book is under the desk. He went to school. He wrote about it.
7. Conjunction	joins words of groups or words	for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)	She worked and she prayed. He tried but he failed. Will you do it, or should I?
8. Interjection	expresses strong feeling; an exclamation	oh!, wow!, ouch!	Oh! Really! Is that what happened? Wow! Ouch! That hurts! Hi!