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In order to determine a part of speech in a sentence, look at the word being used, its context, and what meanings it brings to the sentence structure. Here are some questions you can ask about a particular word in a sentence, in order to figure out what part of speech it is. Is it…

An interjection could also be thought of as a exclamation. They are used to emotion, reaction or excitement and have no grammatical link to anything else within the sentence they appear. Examples: Ahem!, aha!, gosh!, aw!, great!, hey!, hi!, hooray!, oh!, yeah!, oops!, phew!, eh!, oh!, ouch!, hi!, well!… Interjection example sentences: Phew! That was a close call. Wow! Did…

A preposition is used in English to show a relationship between two words or phrases. You might recognise a preposition as being words such as in, before, on, at, to, between etc. Examples: In, on, at, about, apropos, according to, after, along, above, except, from, near, of, before, since, between, upon, with, to, after, toward… Preposition example sentences: The cat is sitting on the wall. I am…

A conjunction is used as a way of joining two or more ideas or words together. Most commonly you will see the words for, and, not, but, or, yet and so used as a conjunction. Examples: And, however, still, but, or, so, after, since, before, either, neither, because, unless… Conjunction example sentences: My boyfriend and I are going on a date. I…

An adverb is used to modify, or further explain an adjective, verb or another adverb. They can add more information to a sentence making it more clear and easier for the listener to imagine what is being described in detail. Most of the time, adverbs will end in the letters -ly but there are some exceptions to…

An adjective is a word which describes a noun or pronoun, there are thousands of adjectives within the English language. Examples: Beautiful, seven, cute, second, tall, blue, angry, brave, careful, healthy, little, old, generous, red, smart, two, small, tall, some, good, big, useful, interesting… Brown dog, red car, tall boy, fat cat, big garden. Adjective example sentences: This is a blue car. The small squirrel ran up the tree. During the thunderstorm, we saw some heavy rain. My mother…

A pronoun is one which replaces a noun, and once again there are various different types of pronouns within the English language. Each one is used in a different way, lets take a look at some examples of this. Examples: I, me, we, you, he, she, yours, himself, its, my, that, this, those, us, who, whom Pronoun example sentences: Richard isnt at work this week; hes…

A verb is one of the most important parts of speech and is a word which is used to describe an action. There are three main types of verbs which are detailed below. Examples: Walk, is, seem, realize, run, see, swim, stand, go, have, get, promise, invite, listen, sing, sit, laughed, walk… Verb example sentences: Dont try to run before you can walk. Did you kiss anybody?…

A possessive noun is used to show ownership of something, this is done by adding an apostrophe and an s, like in the following examples. This is my dogs ball. That is Sarahs friend. The Common Noun A common noun is the most simple form of a noun and gives a name to an item. Here is a cup. Do you want…

A collective noun is used to refer to a group of nouns, for example people or animal groups. The swarm of bees were headed straight towards our picnic. At church on Sunday, the choir sings loudly.