8 Parts of speech with Examples PDF | Detailed Lesson

What are the 8 parts of speech? Parts of speech are a very important part of English grammar. For an ESL student learning parts of speech is a must thing to do. It will help in building the initial concepts. It is the building block of English grammar.

Here is the quick list of 8 Parts of Speech:

  • Noun
  • Pronoun
  • Adjective
  • Adverb
  • Conjunction
  • Verb
  • Interjection
  • Preposition

Parts of speech with Examples

  1. Noun

“It is the name of a certain place, thing, or a person. Like Daniel, English or a lion, etc.”

There are further two major types of nouns Common nouns and Proper nouns.

  • Common noun: The name of a commonplace, non-specific person or a thing is known as a common noun like chair, book, city, etc.
  • Proper noun: The name of a special place, person, or thing is known as a proper noun like Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Lahore, etc.

For Example, An old woman brought me a very long dress from a tailor, and then she quickly disappeared.

Here is the examples list of nouns:

Beard

Ice

Raincoat

Boy

Iron

River

Australia

Honey

Potato

Beach

Hydrogen

Rainbow

Advertisement

Grass

Parrot

Afternoon

Greece

Pencil

Belgium

Insurance

Restaurant

Branch

Island

Rocket

Banana

Hospital

Quill

Apple

Helmet

Plastic

Actor

Gold

Painting

Airport

Guitar

Piano

Ambulance

Hair

Pillow

Balloon

Horse

Queen

Answer

Helicopter

Planet

Bed

Insect

Refrigerator

Battery

House

Rain

Army

Holiday

Portugal

Breakfast

Jackal

Room

Animal

Hamburger

Pizza

  1. Pronoun

“A word that is used at the place of a noun is known as a pronoun such as he, she and it, etc”

Basically, the pronoun is a word that is usually substituted for a noun. Pronouns are further defined by their type such as

  • A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or a thing he, she, it, etc. Parts of speech
  • Reflexive pronouns are used to emphasise another noun or a pronoun myself, himself, etc.
  • Possessive pronouns indicate ownership of his, her, its, etc.

For Example, An old woman brought me a very long dress from a tailor, and then she quickly disappeared.

Here is the Examples List of Pronouns:

whomsoever

whose

everything

you

whichsoever

your

he

where

nobody

whom so

this

thee

somewhat

whatever

wherein

whereof

any

ourself

whosever

them

whosoever

wherefrom

him

yourselves

its

theirself

naught

something

such

both

somebody

enough

mine

I

herself

neither

everyone

whatnot

anybody

whom

several

our

one

there

it

whosesoever

themselves

anyone

wherever

no one

whomever

whereto

whether

itself

that

some

nothing

  1. Adjective

“A word which qualifies or modifies a noun or pronoun is known as an adjective such as sweet, pretty, hot, etc.”

  • It can also specify the size, quality, and a number of things.

For Example, An old woman brought me a very long dress from a tailor, and then she quickly disappeared.

Here is the Examples List of Adjectives:

capricious

unable

talented

womanly

elfin

decorous

well-to-do

bland

quack

kind

nebulous

light

hot

abject

harsh

screeching

curved

wise

tan

disgusted

absent

savory

deep

nonsensical

vengeful

gleaming

brave

exasperated

tame

parsimonious

humdrum

glossy

telling

meaty

holistic

gray

adventurous

prickly

medical

ablaze

square

longing

lonely

smooth

wistful

utter

limping

goofy

adamant

lowly

windy

brash

breezy

acrid

keen

loutish

chivalrous

  1. Adverb

“It describes or modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb, but never a noun such as gently, quickly, etc.”

  • They are usually used to answer the question of when, where, how. They usually end with the word –ly.

For Example, An old woman brought me a very long dress from a tailor, and then she quickly disappeared.

Here is the Examples List of Adverbs:

Shyly

Tensely

Violently

Generously

Gently

Gladly

Rapidly

Rudely

Selfishly

Calmly

Carefully

Cautiously

Eagerly

Easily

Elegantly

Madly

Politely

Poorly

Badly

Blindly

Carelessly

Beautifully

Boldly

Bravely

Faithfully

Frankly

Honestly

Joyously

Kindly

Neatly

Inadequately

Justly

Lazily

Perfectly

Powerfully

Anxiously

Well

Angrily

Awkwardly

Promptly

Quickly

Quietly

Cheerfully

Equally

Frantically

Obediently

Openly

Patiently

  1. Conjunction

“Conjunctions joins words, clauses or phrases and indicates the relationship between them, such as but, or so, yet are conjunctions.”

For Example, An old woman brought me a very long dress from a tailor, and then she quickly disappeared.

Here is the Examples List of Conjunction:

until

how

since

just as

where

wherever

before

why

so that

as soon as

as far as

as though

by the time

in as much as

inasmuch

supposing

when

or not

since

because

whose

provided

provide that

if

as if

as long as

as much as

in order to

in order that

in case

lest

though

now that

whereas

where if

whether

even if

even

even though

than

till

whenever

whoever

unless

while

if then

if when

if only

now since

now when

now

  1. Verb

“A verb expresses the action of being, doing, or having.” 

  • There is a main verb in a sentence and sometimes one or more helping verbs. Such as  ( she can sing. Here sing is the main verb and can be a helping verb)

For Example, An old woman brought me a very long dress from a tailor, and then she quickly disappeared.

Here is the Examples List of Verbs:

Turn off

Turn on

Wait

Read

Ride

Sew

Talk

Think

Throw away

Climb

Close

Cook

Crawl

Cry

Cut

Ski

Sleep

Smell

Knit

Laugh

Listen

Bow

Buy

Clap

Dance

Dig

Dive

Dream

Drink

Eat

Shake

Sing

Sit down

Hug

Jump

Kiss

Wash

Watch TV

Win

Snore

Stack

Stand up

Open

Paint

Play

Fight

Fly

Give

  1. Interjection

“Interjections are the words used to express emotions such as Oo! Woo! Etc.”

It is often followed by the sign of exclamation.

Examples:

  • Oh my!
  • Hurrah! We won the match. 

Here is the Examples List of Interjections:

bah

Basta

bastard

aargh

ach

a-choo

adieu

adios

affirmative

avast

avaunt

aw

aaargh

aagh

aah

ah

a-ha

ahem

ahh

alas

alleluia

batter up

begorrah

bejaysus

aoogah

ar

areet

ay

aye

bacaw

aloha

amen

aooga

  1. Preposition

“A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence such as by, with, on, etc” 

Examples:

  • The book is on the table.
  • He wrote a letter with the blue pen.

Here is the Examples List of Prepositions:

Forward of

From

In

Among

Apart from

Astride

Close to

Far

Far from

Around

At

Before

By

Circa

During

Into

Minus

Near

Below

Beneath

Beside

Aboard

Above

Across

About

After

Ago

Following

For

From

Gone

In

On

At

Atop

Behind

Until/till

Up to

Up until

In between

In front of

Inside

Between

Beyond

By

Against

Alongside

Amid

Past

Prior to

Since

You may like to read All tenses in English.

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What are the 12 Parts of Speech?

Most of us believe that there are more than eight parts of speech, but keep in mind that in actuality there are only 8 parts of speech that are enough to explain and under the complete concept of English.

But some of us believe or think that they may be more than 8, yes there are more than 8, some say 9, and some 12. So let me give you the list of twelves.

Here are some commonly listed eleven parts of Speech:

  1. noun
  2. verb
  3. adjective
  4. adverb
  5. pronoun
  6. preposition
  7. conjunction
  8. interjection
  9. numeral
  10. article
  11. determiner

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