Part of Speech

Subcategories

Examples

Sample Sentences

Nouns

Common Nouns

cat, dog, city, car, book, chair, table, teacher, student, flower, computer, phone, house, tree, road, friend, country, bike, movie, restaurant

The dog barked at the cat.

Proper Nouns

London, Sarah, Toyota, January, Christmas, John, Paris, Amazon, Nile, Everest, Microsoft, Alice, Eiffel Tower, Shakespeare, Africa, Asia, Jupiter, Mars, Beethoven, New York

Sarah went to Paris last summer.

Collective Nouns

team, group, flock, bunch, herd, class, family, committee, crowd, pack, audience, array, staff, panel, troop, jury, fleet, gang, swarm, choir

The team won the championship.

Abstract Nouns

happiness, love, freedom, courage, beauty, anger, knowledge, time, friendship, health, truth, trust, loyalty, patience, wisdom, joy, success, peace, fear, hope

Happiness is essential for a good life.

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them, who, whom, whoever, each, one, nobody, everyone, somebody

They are coming to the party.

Possessive Pronouns

my, your, his, her, its, our, their, mine, yours, hers, theirs, whose, each other’s, anybody’s, nobody’s, someone else’s, anybody’s, everyone’s, my own

Is this your jacket?

Reflexive Pronouns

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, one another, each other

I did it by myself.

Demonstrative Pronouns

this, that, these, those, such, the same, none, either, whichever, whatever

Those are my favorite shoes.

Determiners

Articles

a, an, the, some, any, the, each, every, another, both, few, many, several, all, no, such, this, that, these, those

The dog is barking loudly.

Demonstrative Determiners

this, that, these, those

This book is interesting.

Possessive Determiners

my, your, his, her, its, our, their

Our house is big.

Quantifiers

some, many, few, several, all, any, each, every, both, neither, a lot of, plenty of, less, more, enough, any, no, much, various

I have many friends.

Adjectives

Descriptive Adjectives

happy, blue, tall, quick, beautiful, smart, large, small, bright, cold, warm, old, new, easy, hard, rich, poor, funny, serious, lovely, loud

The blue car is parked outside.

Quantitative Adjectives

some, several, many, few, all, any, each, every, both, neither, a lot of, plenty of

I have few dollars left.

Demonstrative Adjectives

this, that, these, those

This dress looks nice on you.

Possessive Adjectives

my, your, his, her, its, our, their

Her book is on the table.

Verbs

Action Verbs

run, swim, write, eat, play, jump, sing, dance, read, cook, travel, drive, draw, build, teach, learn, clean, fight, laugh, think

I swim every summer.

Linking Verbs

be, seem, become, appear, feel, look, taste, smell, sound, remain

He is a great artist.

Auxiliary Verbs

is, are, was, have, will, can, could, should, may, might, must

She has finished her homework.

Prepositions

Simple Prepositions

in, on, at, between, under, over, above, below, with, without, through, during, for, since, before, after, against, among, toward, along

The book is on the table.

Compound Prepositions

in front of, next to, because of, instead of, out of

The cat is next to the chair.

Phrasal Prepositions

look after, give up, run into, take care of, look forward to

I will look after the kids.

Adverbs

Manner Adverbs

quickly, slowly, carefully, happily, easily, quietly, loudly, gracefully, skillfully, angrily, smoothly, perfectly, beautifully, cheerfully, awkwardly, honestly, simply, terribly, frequently

She runs quickly.

Time Adverbs

now, later, yesterday, soon, today, always, often, sometimes, never, already, finally, eventually, recently, shortly, previously, instantly, immediately, twice, thrice

I will call you later.

Frequency Adverbs

always, often, sometimes, frequently, rarely, never, usually, occasionally, daily, weekly

He always wakes up early.

Degree Adverbs

very, quite, too, almost, just, completely, entirely, fairly, rather, absolutely, extremely, somewhat, slightly, nearly, totally, perfectly, heavily, lightly, really, completely

It is very hot today.

Conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions

and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet, both…and, either…or, neither…nor

I want to go to the park, but it is raining.

Subordinating Conjunctions

because, although, if, when, while, since, unless, until, as, after

I will go if it stops raining.

Correlative Conjunctions

either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also

Neither the cat nor the dog is outside.

Interjections

Exclamations

wow, ouch, hooray, yay, oh, ah, hey, ouch, yikes, bravo, alas, hurray, well, gosh, phew, yippee, whoops, wowza

Wow! That’s amazing!

Greetings

hello, hi, hey, welcome, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, what’s up, howdy, salut

Hello! How are you?

Responses

yes, no, maybe, sure, of course, absolutely, definitely, certainly, right, okay

Yes! I would love to join.