Understanding English Vocabulary

By recognizing and distinguishing the English word types, learning English grammar will be much easier. You will build a foundation that will make understanding the explanations in English grammar much easier.

Learn how to identify the nine English parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and more, and what their purpose and function is in an English sentence.

The Nine English parts of speech explained

Part of speech

example

 

Noun

Designates person, place, thing, event or concept

apple, dog, car

Pronouns

Substitutes noun or other part of speech for efficient speech

He, I, We

Adjectives

Describes a noun or pronoun in more detail

beautiful, scary, nice

Adverbs

Describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb more closely

daily, annually, extremely

Prepositions

Expresses place, time, direction, relationship of another part of speech

up, down, after

Conjunctions

A conjunction is a word that connects words, sentences, or parts of sentences.

 

Interjections

Express emotions, moods, or sensations.

Ahh!, Whoa!, Oops!

Articles

Accompanies nouns and determines accuracy.

a, an, the

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Basic parts of speech in English grammar

English

Meaning

Example sentence

Noun

Noun: Denotes persons or things.

Malta is a beautiful destination.

Verb

Activity Word: Expresses an action or state.

I travel to Malta.

Adjective

Property word: Describes the noun in more detail.

The trip to Malta was beautiful.

Pronouns

Proverb: Stands in place of a noun

He is travelling to Malta.

Adverb

Circumstance word: Describes a verb, an adjective, or another He immediately decided to travel to Malta.

 

Conjunction

Connecting word: Connects words or groups of words together

He travelled to Malta and liked it there.

Preposition

Proportion word: Expresses in which relation persons or objects are located.

She is on a flight to Malta.

Interjection

Exclamation: Expresses a sentiment or request.

Look, he is learning English.

Types of pronouns

English

Explanation

Example words

Possessive pronoun

Possessing

Mine, Yours, His, Hers, My, Your

Demonstrative pronoun

Denotes and identifies a noun

This, These, That, Those

Personal pronoun

Refers to a specific person

I, You, He, She, we ...

Reflexive pronoun

Refers to the subject of the sentence

Myself, Yourself, Herself, Himself, Itself, Ourself, Yourself, Themselves