Parts of Speech Table.............أجزاء الكلام

There are thousands of words in any language. But not all words have the same job. For example, some words express "action". Other words express a "thing". Other words "join" one word to another word. These are the "building blocks" of the language. Think of them like the parts of a house. When we want to build a house, we use concrete to make the foundations or base. We use bricks to make the walls. We use window frames to make the windows, and door frames to make the doorways. And we use cement to join them all together. Each part of the house has its own job. And when we want to build a sentence, we use the different types of word. Each type of word has its own job.

We can categorize English words into 8 basic types or classes. These classes are called "parts of speech".

part of speech


function or "job"


example words


example sentences



Verb


action or state


(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must


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Noun


thing or person


pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John


This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.



Adjective


describes a noun


a/an, the, 69, some, good, big, red, well, interesting


My dog is big. I like big dogs.



Adverb


describes a verb, adjective or adverb


quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really


My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.



Pronoun


replaces a noun


I, you, he, she, some


Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.



Preposition


links a noun to another word


to, at, after, on, but


We went to school on Monday.



Conjunction


joins clauses or sentences or words


and, but, when


I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.



Interjection


short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence


oh!, ouch!, hi!, well


Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know