Part of speech

Parts of speech

Part of speech	Most common function	Examples
noun	to name a person, place, or thing	teacher, mountain, idea
verb	to do or be something	eat, sleep, think, seem
adjective	to describe a noun	silly, huge, boring
adverb	to describe how something is done	quickly, well, carelessly
pronoun	to take the place of a noun	I, she, it, that, them
conjunction	to join words, phrases, and clauses	and, so, because, when
preposition	to introduce a phrase of when, where or how	on, in front of, by, with
article*	to specify or generalize a noun	the, a, an
interjection	to express emotion	hey, wow, ouch