PARTS OF SPEECH

A part of speech (also known as word class) is any of the grammatical groups into
which words are divided depending on their use; for example as a noun, pronoun, verb,
adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, and interjection.
The followings are the different parts of speech in English grammar:

Parts of Speech Function Example

Noun A word that refers to:
person Mr. John, Mrs. Smith, etc.
place Jakarta, London, New York, etc.
thing tree, nuts, leaf, fruits, coffee, etc.
substance water, phosphor, air, etc.
quantity some papers, a cup of coffee, etc.
Adjective A word that modifies a noun or big, boring, red, purple, obvious,
pronoun. silvery, etc.
Adverb A word which describes or gives cheerfully, hopefully, spotlessly,
more information about a verb, carefully, etc.
adjective, adverb or phrase.
Conjunction A word that connects words, and, but, while, although, because,
phrases and clauses in a or, etc.
sentence.
Preposition A word which is used before a in, on, down, above, under, at, etc.
noun, a noun phrase or a
pronoun; connecting it to
another word.
Pronoun A word which is used instead of Subjective Pronouns: I, you, they,
a noun or a noun phrase. we, she, he, it.
Objective Pronouns: me, you,
them, us, her, him, it.
Possessive Pronouns: mine, yours,
theirs, ours, hers, his, its.
Verb A word or phrase that describes run, keep, plant, expect, expand,
an action, condition or spray, etc.
experience.
Interjection A word that is used to show a Wow!, Great!, Yes!, Hey!, etc.
short sudden expression of
emotion.

Exercise 1
Identify the part of speech of the following underlined words.
1. My book is expensive.
2. She still comes to school although she is ill.
3. Those are my pencils.
4. Ride your motorcycle carefully.
5. Wow! That is a good job.
6. The glass is big.
7. While waiting for your friends, I will check your attendance list.
8. Please prepare some papers for this assignment.
9. Next, pour the water to the pan.
10. Do not sleep under the tree.

Exercise 2
Identify the part of speech of the following words. Then, create sentences with the words.
Number one is done for you.
1. Great! (interjection)
→ Great! That is the answer.
2. Red (………………)
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………
3. You (………………)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Keep (………………)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………….
5. And (………………)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Hopefully (………………)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Korea (………………)
→ ……………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Because (………………)
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. Water (………………)
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………...
10. Them (………………)
→ …………………………………………………………………………………….....
Exercise 3
Identify at least 10 different parts of speech from the following text.