Parts of Speech Chart

A Parts of Speech Chart is a clear, organized tool for learning the eight parts of speech in English grammar—noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. This chart supports sentence structure, grammar rules, and word function understanding for students, ESL learners, and educators. Ideal for classroom use, exam prep (like IELTS or TOEFL), and grammar practice, it simplifies English terms into easy, visual formats for beginner-friendly learning and better language retention.

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Parts of Speech

Parts of speech are the basic building blocks of English grammar. They show how words function in a sentence and include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Knowing each part helps you form correct sentences, improve writing, and speak more clearly.

Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

NOUN

A noun is a name. It indicates a person, place, animal or thing. A noun may also of a quality, an action or a concept.

There are following kinds of noun.

(a) Common Noun (b) Proper Noun

Pronoun

The word which is used in place of a noun is called a Pronoun. It refers to a person, place or thing without naming it.

There are the following types of Pronouns.

Personal Pronoun
Relative Pronouns

ADJECTIVE

A word which is used as a modifier of a noun is called Adjective.

There are following kinds of Adjective.

Adjective of quality
Adjective of quantity
Adjective of number
Demonstrative adjective
Distributive adjective
Interrogative adjective

VERB

A word which is used to describe the action or something about a noun or pronoun is called verb.

There are following kinds of Verb.

Transitive Verb
Intransitive Verb.

9 Parts of Speech Definitions and Examples

ADVERB

A word which is used to give additional meaning to a verb or an adjective is called as Adverb.

There are following kinds of Adverb.

Time of adverb
Frequency of adverb
Place of adverb
Manner of adverb
Quantity of adverb
Affirmation of adverb
Negation of adverb
Reason of adverb

PREPOSITION

Preposition is a word that connects a noun or pronoun with another word in the sentence and establishes the relationship between them.

Some common Preposition are following.

About
Before
By
In
Like
With etc.

CONJUNCTION

A word which merely joins together sentences or words is called Conjunction. They join together sentences and often make them more compact. Generally, a conjunction connects words, phrases or clauses.

INTERJECTION

A word of exclamation which expresses emotion but which has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence.

Some common interjections are following.

Ah!
Oh!
Shit!
Lo!
Hush!
Bravo!

Articles

The words “a” or “an” and “the” are called Articles. A or an is called the indefinite Article because it usually leaves indefinite the person or thing spoken of. The is called Definite Article, because it normally points out some particular person or thing.

The indefinite article is used before singular countable nouns. For example, a book, a pencil, a boy, a girl, an orange, an apple, an old man etc.

The definite article is used before singular countable nouns, plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns. For example, the book, the boys, the girls, the milk, the moon, the sun, the English.