Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction

A noun is often defined as a word which names a person, place or thing.

A pronoun is often defined as a word which can be used instead of a noun.

A verb is often defined as a word which shows action or state of being.

An adverb is a word which says how something is done.

An adjective is often defined as a word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.

A preposition is a word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence.

A conjunction is a word that connects other words or groups of words.

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	Mybaguiotutor.blogspot is a website. I like mybaguiotutor.blogspot.
Noun	thing or person	pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John	I have more than 10 Korean students. They are Ireane, Angie, Rebecca, Angela, Jack, Nathan, Jessica, Joseph, Jay Jay, Mina, Patrick, Sonny, Will, David, Betty, Irene, Mr. Lee and April.
Pronoun	replaces a noun	I, you, he, she, some	Mr. Lee is a director in a big company. He runs an art exhibit in Korea with branches in Japan and China.
Adjective	describes a noun	a/an, the, 2, some, good, big, red, well, interesting	I have 14 Korean students. All of them are having fun in studying English.
Adverb	describes a verb, adjective or adverb	quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really	My Korean students learn English fast. They are really good at speaking now.
Preposition	links a noun to another word	to, at, after, on, but	I want to go to Korea someday so that I can personally meet my students.
Conjunction	joins clauses or sentences or words	and, but, when	My students wanted me to go to their country, but I think it is not yet the proper time for me.
Interjection	short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence	oh!, ouch!, hi!, well	Hi! Please leave you comment to my blog. Thanks!