Parts of Speech in the English Language

Learn here the basics of English Grammar. Parts of Speech will become the overall framework of your language knowledge and will help you understand how the language is structured.

In order to build your basic grammar foundation it is very important to become familiar with the name of each part of speech and to expand your knowledge about each one of them.

A part of speech is a category of words that have similar properties. Many English words can belong to more than one part of speech.

There are 8 Parts of Speech

1. Nouns*
2. Pronouns
3. Adjectives
4. Verbs
5. Adverbs
6. Preposition
7. Conjunctions
8. Interjections

*Commonly, articles are classified under nouns.

Words are the building blocks of your communications, take some time to read and understand how they are classified and how they are applicable in your daily life.

Nouns

A noun is a word that functions to name a person, place, thing, or idea. Please note that when you are studying the Parts of Speech in English, articles are usually under nouns because they often refer to nouns.

• Here you can study and learn more about Articles (A – AN – THE)

Nouns are divided in 6 groups, but one noun can belong to more than one group:

They can also be classified as masculine, feminine or neuter. Singular or plural. Mass nouns (meat, sugar and cheese), countable nouns (dogs, chair, tables and cars) and uncountable nouns (gold, information work and furniture).

Pronouns

A pronoun substitutes a noun. A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun or when it was mentioned before.

The pronoun takes the place of a common noun or a proper noun and it is also used to avoid repetition.

There are different kinds of pronouns:

• Here you can study and learn more about Pronouns

Adjectives

Adjectives describe and modify nouns and pronouns. They give you more information about people, places and things.

Adjectives can tell you the following things:

• Study here Adjective Order

*A noun used as an adjective.

• Study here Adjective Order

Adjectives can also compare two things and all things:

• Here you can learn Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Verbs

Verbs are the most fundamental part of speech. They can describe actions, senses and even act as helpers.

Types of Verbs:

All Verbs in English can be divided in Regular and Irregular. Most verbs are regular.

• List of Irregular Verbs

We also have the Verb Tenses: Present, Past, Future and Conditional.

Subdivided in Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous.

Example of Verb Tenses:

• Here you can study and learn more about Verb Tenses in English

Adverbs

Adverbs act as modifiers. They add to or modify the meaning of verbs.

Adverbs can be classified in five groups:

• Here you can study and learn more about Adverbs

Prepositions

Prepositions are words that express a connection between other words, they show a relationship in a sentence. They have only one form, they don’t take a plural, a possessive, an inflection, or any other thing.

Prepositions can express:

• Here you can study and learn more about IN – ON – AT
• Here you can study and learn more about TO vs FOR

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are words used to link words, phrases or independent clauses.They can also be used to contrast or compare parts of a sentence or express subordinative clause.

Although Conjunctions are not forbidden to be used at the beginning of a sentence, you should be very carefully not to overdo that when you are writing as it signals a very poor way to express your ideas.

Interjections

Interjections express emotion or surprise. They are often signaled by an exclamation mark or a comma.

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Exercises

Past Perfect – Exercises 3

Vocabulary – Exercises 13

Vocabulary – Exercises 1

If vs Whether – Exercises

Vocabulary – Exercises 9

A – AN – THE – Exercises 3

Vocabulary – Exercises 1

Vocabulary – Exercises 2

Vocabulary – Exercises 3

Vocabulary – Exercises 4

Vocabulary – Exercises 5

Vocabulary – Exercises 6

Vocabulary – Exercises 7

Vocabulary – Exercises 8

Vocabulary – Exercises 9

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Exercises with Irregular Plurals.

Irregular Plurals – Exercises: Improve your written and verbal skills by practicing these exercises. Remember, irregular plurals in English are nouns that do not follow the usual rules for forming plurals.

Complete the sentences below by choosing the correct plural:

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Irregular Plural or Mutating Plural

What is an Irregular Plural?

They are irregular nouns in the plural form. They are not regular because their plural form is different than just adding an “s” or “es” at the end of the word. In other words, irregular plurals are nouns that do not follow the usual rules for forming plurals in English. Most nouns form their plurals by adding -s or -es to the singular form, but this rule has many exceptions.

There are many other irregular plurals in English, and it’s important to learn the correct plural form of each noun in order to speak and write correctly. Like the table of irregular verbs, we can also create a table to study and visualize it.

Some of these words are very common and used on a daily basis, like: feet, teeth, men, women, children, and people.

Table of Irregular Plurals – Image

Study them very carefully as the differences between the original word and their plural form can be very subtle.

Table of Irregular Plurals

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