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part of speech
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function or "job"
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example words
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example sentences
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action or state
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(to) be, have, do, like, work,
sing, can, must
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EnglishClub is a web
site. I like EnglishClub.
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thing or person
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pen, dog, work, music, town,
London, teacher, John
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This is my dog. He lives
in my house. We live in London.
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describes a noun
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a/an, the, 2, some, good, big,
red, well, interesting
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I have two dogs. My dogs
are big. I like big dogs.
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describes a verb, adjective or
adverb
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quickly, silently, well, badly,
very, really
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My dog eats quickly. When
he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
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replaces a noun
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I, you, he, she, some
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Tara is Indian. She is
beautiful.
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links a noun to another word
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to, at, after, on, but
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We went to school on
Monday.
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joins clauses or sentences or
words
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and, but, when
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I like dogs and I like
cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like
cats.
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short exclamation, sometimes
inserted into a sentence
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oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
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Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I
don't know.
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* Some
grammar sources categorize English into 9 or 10 parts of
speech. At EnglishClub, we use the traditional categorization of 8
parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:
- Verbs may be treated as two
different parts of speech:
- Lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
- Auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)
- Determiners may be treated as a separate
part of speech, instead of being categorized under Adjectives
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