The Parts of Speech

Part of Speech - the term part of speech refers to the job that a word does not in a sentence, to its function or use. Words are divided into eight classes or eight parts of speech as follows:

    1. Noun
    2. Pronoun
    3. Verb
    4. Adjective
    5. Adverb
    6. Preposition
    7. Conjunction
    8. Interjection

A word is a noun, verb, adjective, or other part of speech, depending on its use, only on its use. That is to say , a word is a noun if it is used like a noun, if it names; it is a preposition if it is used like a preposition, if it shows the relationship between nouns and so on.

Another look at the parts of speech

The grouping of the parts of speech in the English language are: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interrogation.

Noun - a noun is the name of any person, place, or thing, it may be proper or common.

Pronoun - a pronoun is a word used in place of a noun, i substitutes for the noun.

Verb - the verb states something about the subject. Usually the verb expresses action, but also it may  express condition or state of being.

Adjective - the adjectives modifies or qualifies a substantive (noun or pronoun), altering in some way its meaning or range.

Adverb - the adverbs modifies or qualifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb,  altering in some way its meaning or range.

Preposition - a preposition shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the sentence.

Conjunction - the conjunction joins words or group of words.

Interjection - the interjection expresses some emotion.