parts of speech

Definition, Types, and Examples

Parts of Speech

Hi all, in accordance with our title, we will discuss the parts of speech. This material is quite easy because I'm sure you actually used one or more of these parts of speech. In English, there are 9 types parts of speech, what are they?

Definition of Parts of Speech

     Parts of speech or also called kinds of word are the parts that are used to form a sentence in English. Have you ever used noun, verb, adjective, article, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection, and pronoun in communicating English? Well, noun and the others are called parts of speech.

    Why can the parts of speech be used to form sentences? Yes, of course, note the following sentence: My family moved to Jakarta yesterday.


      The sentence is formed with parts of speech, my is  (pronoun), family is (noun), moved is (verb), to is  (preposition), jakarta is  (noun), and yesterday is (adverb).

       So, it is clear that the part of speech is a soul to form a sentence. As I mentioned before, there are 9  types parts of speech, what are those? Here's the review:

1. Noun
   
        A noun is a word or phrase that represent a person, a place, a thing or activity, or a quality or idea
        Examples: Jeffrey, Korea, pen, New Year, dog, cat, elephant, garden, school, work, music, town, Manila, teacher, farmer, Bob, Sean, Michael, police officer, France, coffee, football, danger, happiness, atc.
2. Verb     A verb is a word or group of words that describes an action, experience or expresses a state of being.     Examples: Walk, is, seem, realize, run, see, swim, stand, go, have, get, promise, invite, listen, sing, sit, laughed.
3. Adjective
        An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
        Examples: Beautiful, seven, cute, second, tall, blue, angry, brave, careful, healthy, little, old, generous, red, smart, two, small, tall, some, good, big, useful, interesting
4. Article    An article is a word used before a noun to modify the noun. “The” is called the definite article and “a“, “an” are called the indefinite article.    Examples: An umbrella, the boy, the school, a mouse, an apple, an hour.
5. Adverb
       An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole sentence.
   Examples: Neatly, in the market, every day, tomorrow, very, badly, fully, carefully, hardly, nearly, hungrily, never, quickly, silently, well, really, almost.
6. Preposition
       A preposition is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction,… in a sentence.
   
       Examples: In, on, at, about, apropos, according to, after, along, above, except, from, near, of, before, since, between, upon, with, to, after, toward
7. Conjunction
      A conjunction connects words, phrases or clauses in a sentence.
   
      Examples: And, however, still, but, or, so, after, since, before, either, neither, because, unless
8. Interjection
      An interjection is a word or phrase used to express a strong feeling or emotion.   Examples: Ahem!, aha!, gosh!, aw!, great!, hey!, hi!, hooray!, oh!, yeah!, oops!, phew!, eh!, oh!, ouch!, hi!, well!
9. Pronoun
      A pronoun is used instead of a noun or noun phrase in a sentence. A pronoun may take place of the name of a person, place or thing.
      Examples: I, me, we, you, he, she, yours, himself, its, my, that, this, those, us, who, whom