When we talk about 'parts of speech', what we mean is whether a word is a noun or a verb or an adjective or a preposition or something else. Here are some different word categories that we use when we're talking about English grammar. Click on each category for more information.
- Noun (apple, table, book, beauty, sky, life)
- Verb (be, want, go, do, imagine)
- Adjective (happy, beautiful, cold)
- Adverb (quickly, happily, now)
- Preposition (under, by, to)
- Pronoun (she, us, himself)
- Article (the, a, an)
- Conjunction (and, but)