This document defines and provides examples of the 8 parts of speech in English: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It explains that nouns represent people, places, things or concepts. Pronouns stand in for nouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. Adjectives describe nouns. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. Prepositions connect nouns to other words. Conjunctions connect words or parts of sentences. Interjections represent outbursts of emotion. Some words can function as multiple parts of speech depending on usage.

1. Sentence Analysis
Parts of Speech

2. Parts of Speech
• All words are given a name based on their
function in a sentence.
• There are 8 parts of speech.

3. Parts of Speech
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Interjections

4. Parts of Speech
Nouns
• Nouns are words that represent persons,
places, concepts or things.
• Examples: boy, car, happiness, country

5. Parts of Speech
Pronouns
• Pronouns are words that stand in for
nouns so they don’t have to be repeated.
• Examples: he, she, it, we, you, they

6. Parts of Speech
Verbs
• Verbs are words that express an action or
a state of being.
• Examples: is/are, do/does, walk, believe,
consider, make

7. Parts of Speech
Note:
• Form of verbs, called verbals, can serve as
other parts of speech. Gerunds are verbals that
act as nouns; they usually end in -ing (as in
acting, the profession). Participles are verbals
that act as adjectives; they usually end in -ing
or -ed (as in melted when describing melted

8. Parts of Speech
Adjectives
• Adjectives are words that describe, or
modify, nouns.
• Examples: big, red, two, good, happy
• A special group of adjectives are called
articles or determiners; these include a, an,

9. Parts of Speech
Adverbs
• Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs.
• Many adverbs end in -ly, but not all.
• Examples: slowly, badly, suddenly, very, fast
• Adverbs describe how, when, where, why,

10. Parts of Speech
Prepositions
• Prepositions connect nouns to other words
so they can describe those words.
• Examples: on, in, before, into, at

11. Parts of Speech
Conjunctions
• Conjunctions are words that connect other
words or parts of sentences together.
• Examples: and, but, or, because, when

12. Parts of Speech
Interjections
• Interjections are words exclaimed to
represent outbursts of emotion or pain.
• Examples: ‘hello’, ‘ouch’, and ‘oh’

13. Parts of Speech
Note:
• Some words can be used as more than one
part of speech, depending on where they are
placed in the sentence. The word well can be
used as a noun (a place where water is drawn
from), an adjective, an adverb, or as an
interjection, for example.