GB2: Parts of Speech

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify parts of speech

In English, words are used in one of eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition, and interjection. This table includes an explanation and examples of each of the eight parts of speech.

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Parts of Speech.

Adapted from “Parts of Speech” from Writer’s Handbook,used according to Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

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