ENGLISH 5 Parts of Speech and their Types
WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF SPEECHES?
A part of speech is a category of words based on how they function in a sentence. It tells you the role a word plays in communicating meaning.
Noun Verb Adjective Pronoun Adverb Conjunction Preposition Interjection
Type of Noun Meaning Examples Common Noun General name teacher, city, dog Proper Noun Specific name Maria, Bulacan, Philippines Concrete Noun Can be sensed apple, chair, bell Abstract Noun Idea or feeling love, honesty, courage Collective Noun Group team, family, class Countable Noun Can be counted book, pen, student Uncountable Noun Cannot be counted individually water, rice, milk
Type of Verb Meaning Examples Action Verb Shows an action run, jump, write Linking Verb Connects the subject to a description or name is, are, seem, become Helping Verb Helps the main verb is, have, will, can Transitive Verb Has a direct object kick, write, eat Intransitive Verb Has no direct object sleep, laugh, arrive Regular Verb Forms the past tense with -ed played, walked, cleaned Irregular Verb Has a special past tense form went, ate, saw
Type of Adjective Purpose Examples Descriptive Describes what kind beautiful, tall, happy Quantitative Shows how much some, enough, little Numerical Shows how many or order three, first, second Demonstrative Points out a noun this, that, these, those Possessive Shows ownership my, your, his, their Interrogative Asks about a noun which, what, whose Distributive Refers to each member of a group each, every, either, neither Proper Formed from a proper noun Filipino, Asian, Japanese
Type of Pronoun Purpose Examples Personal Replaces a specific noun I, you, he, she, it, we, they Possessive Shows ownership mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs Reflexive Refers back to the subject myself, herself, themselves Demonstrative Points to a specific noun this, that, these, those Interrogative Asks questions who, what, which, whose Relative Connects clauses who, which, that Indefinite Refers to an unspecified person or thing everyone, someone, anybody Reciprocal Shows mutual action each other, one another
Type of Adverb Answers the Question Examples Adverb of Manner How? quickly, carefully, happily Adverb of Time When? today, yesterday, now Adverb of Place Where? here, there, outside Adverb of Frequency How often? always, often, never Adverb of Degree To what extent? very, too, almost Interrogative Adverb Used to ask questions when, where, why, how Relative Adverb Connects clauses when, where, why
Type of Conjunction Purpose Examples Coordinating Joins equal words, phrases, or clauses for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Subordinating Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause because, although, if, when, while, before, after, since, unless, until Correlative Joins equal words using pairs both...and, either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also, whether...or
Type of Preposition Purpose Common Examples Preposition of Place Shows where in, on, under, beside Preposition of Time Shows when at, on, in, before, after Preposition of Direction Shows movement to, into, across, through Preposition of Manner Shows how by, with, like, in Preposition of Cause/Reason Shows why because of, due to, from Preposition of Possession Shows ownership of, with, to Preposition of Comparison Shows similarity or difference like, unlike, as Preposition of Agent Shows who performs the action by Preposition of Purpose Shows intended use or purpose for, to
Type of Interjection Expresses Examples Joy Happiness or excitement Hurray!, Yay!, Bravo! Surprise Amazement or shock Wow!, Oh!, Gosh! Sorrow Sadness or disappointment Alas!, Oh no!, Ah! Pain Physical pain Ouch!, Ow!, Oof! Greeting Greeting someone Hello!, Hi!, Hey! Approval Praise or agreement Excellent!, Great!, Well done! Attention Calling attention or warning Hey!, Look!, Shh!