Parts of speech in English
category of words based on shared grammatical properties in a clause Language Download PDF Watch Edit Parts of speech [1] are types of word in grammar . There are many different word categories : they are called 'lexical categories'. The most common are these: [2] Part of Speech Function Example Words Example Sentence(s) Notes Verb Identifies an action or state. (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must London is a big city. I like London. Noun Identifies a person, place or thing. pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John New York City is very beautiful. Adjective Describes a noun. a/an, the, 2 (two), some, good, big, red, well, interesting The cat is black and white . A/an, the, some, many are known as determiners. [3] Adverb Describes a verb, adjective or adverb. quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really The giraffe eats slowly , but when he is very hungry, he eats really quickly . Slowly describes the verb eat, very describes the adjective h