Question

parts of speech in English with examples and definition

Answer 1

In general, there are 8 parts of speech. Hope this helps. Thanks.

1. noun      - a person/place/thing
I am Tom   - I is a noun

2. pronoun         -  used in place of noun
She was angry  -  She is a pronoun

3. verb                 -  action or expression
He brought a car -  brought is a verb

4. adjective         - describes  a noun/pronoun
She is pretty       -  pretty is a adjective

5. adverb           -  describes another verb/noun/adjective/adverb itself
She wrote a very long essay  -  very is an adverb, long is an adverb

6. preposition    -  placed before noun/pronoun 
He got this from the shop - from is the preposition, he and shop are nouns.

7. conjunction                     -  joins sentences
She came home and slept  - and is the conjunction 

8. interjection                      -  word expressing emotions
Wow, the food is so good   -  wow is an interjection 

Combined example of all 8 parts of speech below,

Oh , the young girl brought me a very long letter from her teacher and then she quickly disappeared. 

nouns      -  girl, letter, teacher
pronoun   - she, me 
(I is a noun, me is a pronoun -  indirect definition of noun)

verb            - brought, disappeared
adjective     - young, long
adverb        -  very, then, quickly
preposition - from
conjunction - and
interjection  - Oh