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In this identifying parts of speech quiz you have to choose which part of speech the word highlighted in green is. 

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These are the  8 parts of speech :

• Preposition
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• Conjunction

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Choose which part of speech the highlighted word is.

Adjectives describe or modify nouns and pronouns. This word is describing the earrings, so it’s an adjective.

Interjections show excitement or emotion and are not connected to the rest of the sentence. Wow is showing amazement or surprise at the score someone has got.

Prepositions show the relationship between nouns or pronouns and other words or elements in the sentence. In this case it is the relationship between the baby and where it crawled to.

Adverbs modify verbs, nouns, and other adverbs. This is modifying the verb packed.

This is an adjective again and it is describing the noun time.

Verbs show actions or states of being. There is no subject in this sentence as it is a command / instruction, so the first word is the verb.

Conjunctions join two or more words, phrases, or clauses together. This subordinating conjunction is joining two clauses.

Pronouns replace nouns. We is replacing the people the speaker is referring to.

A noun specifies people, places, things, or ideas. This noun is a thing, music.

This is a correlative conjunction.

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Which word must be able to be switched with the word “because” for it to be a conjunction? (otherwise, it’s a preposition)

A. But B. Or C. Because D. For E. Yet

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C. adjective

 I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.             A.     Preposition       B.     Adjective       C.     Noun       D.     Pronoun

She brought (her) old car to the garage

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I want to go to university in the United States.             A.     Adjective       B.     Preposition       C.     Noun       D.     Pronoun

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How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? During the month of May, we went on a trip with our friends to Canada.

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What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when? where? how? and to what extent?

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What did he (tell) you about me?

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     Name the part of speech that describes the role of the underlined word in the sentence.

The white rabbit didn’t want to be late, so he hopped as fast as he could through Wonderland.             A.     Preposition       B.     Conjunction       C.     Adverb       D.     Pronoun

Select the word in the sentence that correctly responds to the part of speech in the brackets.

A warm breeze crept over the land. (adjective)

A. A B. Breeze C. Warm D. Over

Joins two words, phrases, or clauses A. Preposition B. Interjection C. Pronoun D. Conjunction

EEK! I saw a snake slither out of the bushes.

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Wow! You look gorgeous!

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Find the adverb:  He ran the fastest in the whole race.

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She sadly looked at the old ruins. (adverb)

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Chase and John hid UNDER the table during hide and seek.

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Find the past tense verb: Marcus walked to school every day but now he takes the bus.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:

I wanted to go to the media centre to check out a book, but it was not open.             A.     Pronoun       B.     Conjunction       C.     Verb       D.     Adverb       E.     Interjection

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Directions: Label the part of speech for each word in bold.

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1. What is the name of the word that we use to describe a person, place, thing, or idea?

2. What is the name of the word that we use to describe an action or a state of being?

3. What is the name of the word that describes a quality or characteristic of a noun?

4. What is the name of the word that describes how an action is done?

5. What is the name of the word that is used to connect words, phrases, or clauses?

6. What is the name of the word that is used to express strong emotion?

7. What is the name of the word that we use to show relationships between a noun/pronoun and another word in sentences?

8. What is the name of the word that is used to replace a noun or pronoun?

9. What is the name of the word that is used to compare two things?

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Welcome to our interactive Parts of Speech Quiz, designed to challenge and enhance your understanding of grammar! If you're intrigued by language and its nuances, this quiz is tailor-made for you. Whether you're a language enthusiast or just aiming to sharpen your grammar skills, this quiz is an excellent opportunity. Dive into a series of thought-provoking questions that cover nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. Explore the intricacies of how words function within sentences. From identifying the role of a word in a sentence to grasping its grammatical purpose, this quiz will put your knowledge to the Read more test. Do you know when to use "affect" versus "effect"? Can you differentiate between a transitive and intransitive verb? Put your expertise to the test and see if you can achieve a perfect score! Don't worry if you're uncertain about certain aspects; each question is followed by detailed explanations, making this not just a quiz but also a learning opportunity. Ready to challenge yourself? Take the Parts of Speech Quiz now and solidify your grasp of grammar concepts. Remember, practice makes perfect!

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What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun and gives answers to the questions which one(s)? How many/much? Or what kind(s)?

Preposition

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Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion? Examples are wow! or no.

Interjection

I went hiking with Paul and ___________ (he, him).

The underlined word in the given sentence is what part of speech? The girls went inside to have dinner.

What kind of punctuation are mild interjections followed by?

Exclamation point

Interjections with a sudden burst of emotion have what kind of punctuation?

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? During the month of July, we went on a trip with our buddies to London.

Four questions that adverbs can answer?

Who? When? Where? Why?

When? Where? How? Why?

When? Where? To what extent/degree? What?

To what extent/degree? When? Where? How?

When? Where? To what extent/degree? Why?

What are the three questions that adjectives can answer?

Who? What? When? Where?

Who? What kind? To what extent/degree?

Which one? What kind? To what extent/degree

Which one? What kind? How many?

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How many adjectives and articles are there in the following sentence? The blue car roared around the narrow corner and hit an old oak tree.  

What is the part of speech for the word "quickly" in the sentence: "she ran quickly to catch the bus.".

Adverb 

Identify the part of speech for the word "cat" in the sentence: "The fluffy cat chased a butterfly."

Choose the correct part of speech for the word "and" in the sentence: "she likes to read books and write stories.".

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What is the part of speech for the word "happy" in the sentence: "The happy children played in the park."

Adjective 

Identify the part of speech for the word "to" in the sentence: "She went to the store to buy some groceries."

Infinitive marker

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 Nouns are persons, places, or things. 'Cousins' are the children of your aunt or uncle. 

Pronouns take the place of nouns and include me, they, us, we, his, her, etc.  

Adjectives describe people, places or things (nouns) are always placed directly before the noun. 

'Play' is a verb that describes an action. It's possible to use more than one verb in a sentence by using 'and'. In this case, 'are going to' is the helping verb and 'play' is the main verb. 

 Adjectives are placed before the nouns they describe. 

Prepositions show relationships and include words like at, between, through, in, on, etc. 'Beyond' means 'further than'. 

'His' can be used as a possessive adjective. Possessive adjectives are placed before a noun and state who or what something belongs to. 

Adverbs state how, where, when and in which manner something is done. Adverbs modify verbs and often - but not always - end in 'ly'. 

A verb tells us what is done. 

'Huge' is an adjective that is synonymous with 'big', or 'large'. 

Nouns are often the objects of prepositional phrases . In this case, 'neighborhood' is the object of the prepositional phrase 'in my ...' 

Conjunctions connect words and include and, but, or, so, etc. 

 Prepositions show relationships. In this case 'from' tells us where the person comes from. 

 National adjectives should always be capitalized because they represent a specific country, in this case Italy. 

 Prepositions shows the between nous. 'For' can be used as a time word to indicate how long. 

 'Nobody' is a pronoun which means 'no person'. 

Prepositions show physical relationships between places. 

Countries, continents, states and cities are names of places and therefore nouns. 

'Quietly' modifies the verb 'speak' to tell us how the person spoke. Words that modify verbs are adverbs. 

Interjections are words we use to show surprise and include 'wow', 'hey', 'ooh!', etc. 

Congratulations! You know your parts of speech very well. That will help you as you continue to learn English. 

Good job! You've identified most parts of speech in this exercise. You'll need to keep working to identify all of them, but you've made a great start. 

 You'll have to continue to study basic parts of speech. It's difficult to learn, but knowing parts of speech will help you learn English more quickly. 

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1 . Question

For the first five questions, answer true or false.

True or false: a word can be different parts of speech depending on its function and meaning in the sentence.

Review part three of the lesson if you need help with this one.

2 . Question

True or false: a noun can be a word or a phrase.

3 . Question

True or false: if a word can be a noun, it can only be a noun.

4 . Question

True or false: when analysing parts of speech, you don’t need to think about what the sentence means.

5 . Question

True or false: articles (‘the’, ‘a’), demonstratives (‘this’, ‘that’), quantifiers (‘some’, ‘few’) and possessive adjectives (‘your’, ‘their’) are all determiners.

Remember that determiners specify the noun you’re referring to. Do all these words do this?

6 . Question

For the next five questions, choose the part of speech described.

What part of speech can be an action or a state?

• Interjections
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‘Run’ is an action and ‘understand’ is a state.

7 . Question

What part of speech can describe verbs, adjectives, adverbs or whole sentences?

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8 . Question

What part of speech represents or replaces nouns?

9 . Question

What part of speech expresses an emotion or can be used to react to something?

10 . Question

Which part of speech doesn’t indicate something about a noun?

• Determiners

11 . Question

For the next five questions, match the words in the sentence with the parts of speech.

“He slept badly.”

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Match the words in the sentence with the parts of speech.

“She has bought a second-hand car.”

• noun phrase

This time, you’re not analysing each word but the function of word groups and phrases in the sentence.

13 . Question

“Um, can you stop making so much noise, please?”

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• 'can' and 'stop'
• 'you'
• 'making so much noise'

14 . Question

“Is this your bag or mine?”

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15 . Question

“Hey! Give his new watch back to him.”

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16 . Question

For the last five questions, tick all the words that are correct.

Which words can be nouns?

You need to choose three answers.

17 . Question

Which words can be adverbs?

Only one word here is not an adverb.

18 . Question

Which words can be determiners?

This time there are two correct answers.

19 . Question

Which words can be more than one part of speech?

Two answers are correct; one of the others doesn’t even exist!

20 . Question

Which words are conjunctions?

• nevertheless

This is a deliberately difficult question to end with! A conjunction must be followed by a noun (or noun phrase) and then a verb, with no commas.

So, first question: how many parts of speech are there?

Well, we did a Google search, and many of the top results said ‘eight’. So there must be eight parts of speech in English.

Wrong! There are nine.

So, what are they?

1. Guide to Parts of Speech in English

Number one: nouns. Nouns can be things, animals, or people, like doctor, pencil, tree or cat.

Nouns can also be ideas or abstract things, like idea, happiness, time or money.

Number two: verbs. Verbs can be actions, like do, run, fly or win.

Verbs can also describe states, like be, love, believe or understand.

Number three: adjectives. Adjectives describe nouns. For example: red, big, metal, or beautiful.

Number four: adverbs . Adverbs can describe verbs, meaning they describe how someone does something. For example, quickly, loudly, angrily or well.

Adverbs can also describe adjectives, other adverbs, or even whole sentences. For example, very is an adverb which can describe an adjective— very slow —or another adverb— very slowly.

Unfortunately or sometimes are adverbs which can be used to add information to a whole sentence.

For example:

• Unfortunately, they missed the train and were late to their own wedding!
• Sometimes, I wish I’d made different choices in life.

So, adverbs are a little more complicated. Here’s a good way to remember it: adjectives and adverbs both describe other words. They are both used to add information to something else.

Adjectives describe nouns, and adverbs describe everything else: verbs, adjectives, adverbs and whole sentences.

Number five: pronouns.

Pronouns replace or represent nouns. For example, I, you, she or they are pronouns which represent different people.

You use pronouns to avoid repeating the same word, or to refer to something when it’s obvious what you mean.

• How was the weather there?

There is a pronoun which refers to a place. If you’ve already mentioned the place you’re talking about, you don’t need to say it again.

Another example:

• Give me two, please.

Two is a pronoun which refers to a quantity of something which has already been mentioned. The person you’re talking to already knows what you’re talking about.

Number six: prepositions.

Prepositions usually go before a noun or noun phrase. What’s their job?

Prepositions can do two basic things: first, they can add an idea of time, place, or movement to a noun. For example:

• on Wednesday
• in the corner
• towards the door

Secondly, prepositions can connect other words to a noun, or a pronoun.

For example, think about the verb depend on. The preposition on connects the verb depend to the object of the verb. For example:

• It depends on the cost.

Usually, the noun or noun phrase goes after the preposition.

However, sometimes the preposition can link to a noun (or pronoun) earlier in the sentence. For example:

• What does it depend on?

Here, on links to the pronoun what.

Number seven: conjunctions.

Conjunctions connect two things. A conjunction can connect two words:

• I like cake and ice-cream.

A conjunction can connect two phrases:

• Do you want to go now or wait till this afternoon?

You can also use a conjunction to connect two clauses:

• Although I’ve been trying to learn for years, I’m still really bad at drawing.

Number eight: determiners

Determiners go before a noun. They include words like a, the, this or that, which help to specify which noun you’re talking about.

Words like my, your, his, her, etc. are also determiners. They specify which noun you’re talking about by saying who something belongs to.

Determiners can also tell you how many of something there are. Look at three examples:

• ten bananas
• some people
• both of my brothers

The words ten, some and both are determiners.

Number nine: interjections

Interjections are different, because they aren’t normally part of a sentence.

Interjections are words or phrases which show how you feel. For example:

So, now you know about the nine parts of speech in English.

2. Practice with Parts of Speech in English

Let’s practice! Look at three sentences. Each sentence has five words.

• They told me about it.
• Look in the big cupboard.
• Put it there, but carefully.

Can you identify which part of speech each word is? Pause the video and think about your answers.

How did you do? Could you identify the parts of speech correctly?

Let’s look at one more.

• I’m staying in this evening.

What part of speech are these words? Think about it.

So, I is a pronoun, am is a verb, and staying is also a verb.

What about in? Did you say it’s a preposition?

It’s not a preposition; it’s an adverb.

How does this work? We had the word in in one of the sentences you saw before, and it was a preposition.

So, what’s going on?

3. The Same Word Can be More than One Part of Speech

Some words can only be one thing.

For example, the words independence or hair can only be nouns.

Believe and destroy can only be verbs.

However, many words can be more than one part of speech.

There are two things happening here.

First, a word can be two different things, which have the same written form and the same pronunciation.

Think about the word win. Is it a noun or a verb?

It can be both.

• I’m sure they’ll win the game this weekend.
• We’ll be hoping for a win in the big game this weekend.

Many words are like this. Another example: red can be an adjective or a noun.

• What do you think about this red for the kitchen?
• I like that red top she was wearing.

This is very common: very often, a word with one written form can be two (or more) different parts of speech.

We told you there are two things happening here; what’s the other?

Sometimes, a word can be different parts of speech depending on its function in the sentence.

Look at two sentences:

• I have a few photos of my grandparents.
• Sure, you can have a few.

Here’s a question: what part of speech is few in these sentences?

In the first sentence, few is a determiner; in the second, it’s a pronoun.

Can you explain why this is?

Think about what few does in these two sentences.

In the first sentence, few adds a quantity to the noun photos. It tells us how many photos you have. This makes it a determiner.

In the second sentence, few replaces a noun. You don’t know which noun it replaces, but in context, you would understand what the person meant.

Maybe it was ‘a few biscuits’, or ‘a few pieces of paper.’

We don’t know! But, you do know that few replaces a noun, which makes it a pronoun.

Another example is the sentence we saw before:

Prepositions go with nouns, and connect nouns to other words in the sentence. In here doesn’t go with a noun, so it can’t be a preposition.

Learn more with this Oxford Online English lesson on adverbs – to, in, at .

In here means ‘at home’, and it adds information to the verb stay. What kind of words add information to verbs?

Adverbs! So, in is an adverb.

Wait a minute, did we ever finish explaining what parts of speech are in this sentence?

You’re right! We didn’t. Let’s do it now. You need to say what parts of speech the words this evening are.

Can you do it?

Maybe you said that this is a determiner, and evening is a noun. That’s technically correct, but it’s not the best answer.

The best answer is that this evening is an adverb.

How do you explain that?

4. Compound Parts of Speech in English

Until now, you’ve seen single words, and how single words can be nouns, verbs, etc.

However, when you’re thinking about parts of speech, you can’t just think about single words. Phrases can also be nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on.

Let’s do an example:

• Add a small spoonful of brown sugar, then turn the heat down and stir the mixture gently.

Think about the first part of this sentence: add a small spoonful of brown sugar.

What parts of speech do we have here?

Of course, you can go through it word by word. You can say, add is a verb, a is a determiner, small is an adjective and so on.

But, is that the most useful way of looking at it?

It makes more sense to see this as a verb— add —and a noun— a small spoonful of brown sugar.

The noun is made up of several parts of speech: determiners, adjectives, prepositions and nouns, but together they have one meaning. These words refer to one thing.

You can analyse a sentence in several different layers. So, you can see a small spoonful of brown sugar as six individual words, or one noun phrase.

You could also see it as three parts: a determiner— a small spoonful —a preposition— of —and a noun— brown sugar.

Confused? We understand! You want to know the answer. You want to know which way is ‘correct’.

There isn’t one ‘correct’ way to see this. There are different perspectives.

A better question is: which perspective makes more sense?

In this sentence, a small spoonful of brown sugar refers to one thing in the world. So it makes sense to think of it as one part of speech in the sentence.

What about the second part of the sentence? How would you analyse the parts of speech?

As you saw before, there isn’t one right answer, but here’s a suggestion.

The sentence contains a conjunction— then —and then two verb phrases linked with the conjunction and.

This makes sense because the sentence is telling you to do two things: turn the heat down and stir the mixture gently.

So, it makes sense to see turn the heat down as one part of speech, because it’s telling you do to one thing.

Let’s put these ideas together.

First, when you think about parts of speech, you can’t just memorise information. You have to look at each sentence individually, and think about what each word is doing.

Secondly, always think about what the sentence means in the real world. Sentences aren’t abstract things; they refer to real people, real things and real actions.

There is always more than one way to analyse the parts of speech in a sentence: choose the way that makes sense based on what the sentence is telling you about real life!

Let’s do a more challenging practice exercise so you can see these ideas in action.

5. More Challenging Practice with English Parts of Speech

Look at three sentences:

• Amazing! It’s way better than I ever thought it would be.
• She was an amazing clinician , who came up with many innovative ways to treat patients.
• I don’t believe it!

How would you analyse the parts of speech in these sentences? Think about the ideas we talked about in the last section. Does it make sense to break the sentences into individual words, or is it better to group words into phrases?

Pause the video and think about your ideas.

You can pause the video again to look at these in more detail.

Notice how the same word can be different parts of speech in different sentences. For example, amazing is an interjection in one sentence, and an adjective in another.

Notice also the different layers of analysis. For example, look at the phrase many innovative ways. You can see this as one noun phrase, or as a determiner plus a noun phrase, or as three individual parts: a determiner, an adjective and a noun.

Which is correct? They all are! Choose the perspective which makes more sense to you.

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Some words are more than one part of speech. For example, cook is both a verb and a noun.

Noun: The cook is busy in the kitchen. Verb: I don't want to cook , let's go to a restaurant instead.

A verb is a word that describes an action, state or occurrence. He are some basic forms of  the verb walk.

She walks to work. – present simple tense (3rd person singular) She walked to work. – past simple tense She is walking to walk. – present continuous /gerund (-ing) She has walked to work. – present perfect She had worked to work. – past perfect

Nouns are words that are used to identify things, people and places.

He is a teacher . She lives in London . Did you see that boat ? Love is all you need.

The Pronoun

Pronouns are used to replace nouns.

Tom's mother gave him some money. He took it to the shop and bought some sweets. –  Tom is the noun. He is the pronoun which replaces Tom.

Don't tell me what to do. Where are you going? She is tall. It is in my car. Is this yours ? This is confusing! Who wrote this? Invite whomever you want. I will try and remind myself .

The Adjective

A word that gives us more information about a noun.

The green book. She's young . It's colder than I remember. – Comparative form He's the richest man in the world – Superlative form

A word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb.

She quickly changed her clothes. I really don’t understand. She called me yesterday . We sometimes go fishing.

The Preposition

Prepositions show us the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence.

We lived in France. Your keys are on the table. We walked through the park.

The Conjunction

Conjunctions are used to join parts of sentences/ clauses together.

I had a shower and a shave. Let me know when you are ready to leave. We went to the beach because she loves swimming. Although we were tired, we stayed up late. I don't have much time, but I will help you anyway.

The Interjection

We use interjections to show strong emotions and feelings that occur suddenly.

Hey ! You are standing on my foot! Ah , now I understand. Eh ? What did she say? Ow ! That hurt!

Take a look at these sentences and  decide which is the correct form to use.

• 1) Today was a very ___ day. coldly cold colder
• 2) We'll have to ___ if we want to catch that bus. running run ran
• 3) It's OK to use that phone, it's ___. my mine me I
• 4) ___ was that man you were talking to? When Who What Why
• 5) I forgot my umbrella ___ I got wet. although so because
• 6) The resort opens ___ spring. in on at
• 7) ___ is a global problem. Poorly Poverty Poor
• 8) You speak English very ___. good beautiful well
• 9) When was the last time you ___? cried cry crying
• 10) She ___ made her presentation to the class. confident confidence confidently
• 11) Ask ___ what she thinks. hers she her
• 12) I ___ go to the pub on Friday night. often had quick am
• 13) We should take a taxi ___ it's more expensive. after whereas even if and

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What is a Part of Speech?

We can categorize English words into 9 basic types called "parts of speech" or "word classes". It's quite important to recognize parts of speech. This helps you to analyze sentences and understand them. It also helps you to construct good sentences.

Parts of Speech Table

Parts of speech examples.

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This is a summary of the 9 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.

• lexical Verbs ( work, like, run )
• auxiliary Verbs ( be, have, must )
• Determiners may be treated as adjectives, instead of being a separate part of speech.

Here are some examples of sentences made with different English parts of speech:

Here is a sentence that contains every part of speech:

Words with More Than One Job

Many words in English can have more than one job, or be more than one part of speech. For example, "work" can be a verb and a noun; "but" can be a conjunction and a preposition; "well" can be an adjective, an adverb and an interjection. In addition, many nouns can act as adjectives.

To analyze the part of speech, ask yourself: "What job is this word doing in this sentence?"

In the table below you can see a few examples. Of course, there are more, even for some of the words in the table. In fact, if you look in a good dictionary you will see that the word " but " has six jobs to do:

• verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjunction!

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FAQ: frequently asked parts of speech questions

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Test your understanding of 'Parts of Speech' with our exciting online Quiz:

1. identify the pronoun in the following sentence:, "i saw him at the party yesterday.".

Saw = एक verb है।

Party = एक noun है।

At = एक preposition है।

Him = एक pronoun है।

2. Identify the noun in the following sentence:

"he bought a new laptop for his work.".

New = एक adjective है।

Bought = एक verb है।

His = एक pronoun है।

Laptop = एक noun है।

3. Identify the adjective in the following sentence:

"she baked a delicious cake for her friend's birthday.".

Baked = एक verb है।

Friend's = एक noun है।

Birthday = एक noun है।

Delicious = एक adjective है।

4. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:

"she sings beautifully during her performances.".

During = एक preposition है।

Performances = एक noun है।

Sings = एक verb है।

Beautifully = एक adverb है।

5. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:

"he ran quickly to catch the bus.".

Catch, Ran = ये दोनों verb हैं।

Bus = एक noun है।

Quickly = एक adverb है।

6. Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

"i walked across the bridge to reach the other side.".

Walked = एक verb है।

Other side = एक noun phrase है।

Across = एक preposition है।

7. Identify the verb in the following sentence:

"the students were eagerly waiting for their test results.".

Eagerly = एक adverb है।

Test = एक noun है।

Results = एक noun है।

Waiting = एक verb है।

8. Identify the interjection in the following sentence:

"wow that's wonderful news.".

That's = एक pronoun है।

News = एक noun है।

Wonderful = एक adjective है।

Wow = एक interjection है।

9. Identify the adjective in the following sentence:

"the old house stood on the top of the hill.".

House, Hill = ये दोनों noun हैं।

Stood = एक verb है।

Old = एक adjective है।

10. Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:

"i want to go to the market, but it's raining.".

To = एक preposition है।

It's = एक pronoun है।

The = एक article है।

But = एक conjunction है।

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