Parts of Speech

Every word in a sentence has a specific job to do. They have distinguished grammatical characteristics. We group these words into 8 families based on their jobs: 

1. Noun (The Naming Word)

• Job: Names a person, place, animal, thing, or idea.

• Examples: Rahul, city, dog, water, happiness.

2. Pronoun (The Substitute)

• Job: Takes the place of a noun so we don’t have to keep repeating the name.

• Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

3. Verb (The Action Word)

• Job: Shows an action or a state of being (what someone is doing or feeling).

• Examples: run, jump, eat, is, are, was.

4. Adjective (The Describing Word)

• Job: Describes or gives more information about a Noun or Pronoun.

• Examples: big dog, red car, beautiful dress, three boys.

5. Adverb (The Action Describer)

• Job: Tells us how, when, or where an action (verb) is done. It can also describe adjectives.

• Examples: run quickly, speak softly, arrive tomorrow, very tall.

6. Preposition (The Position Word)

• Job: Shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words, often telling us where or when something is.

• Examples: in the box, on the table, under the bed, at 5 PM.

7. Conjunction (The Joining Word)

• Job: Connects words, phrases, or short sentences together.

• Examples: and, but, or, because, so. (e.g., I was tired so I went to sleep).

8. Interjection (The Emotion Word)

• Job: A short word that shows sudden or strong feeling. They usually have an exclamation mark (!).

• Examples: Wow!
  Ouch!
  Oh no!
  Hurray!