In English, words are used in one of eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition, and interjection. This table includes an explanation and examples of each of the eight parts of speech.
| Noun | Person, place, or thing | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | Iowa | book | arm |
| horse | idea | month | |||
| Pronoun | Takes the place of a noun | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | he | it | I |
| her | my | theirs | |||
| Adjective | Describes a noun or pronoun | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | sticky | funny | crazy |
| long | cold | round | |||
| Verb | Shows action or state of being | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | run | jump | felt |
| think | is | gone | |||
| Adverb | Describes a verb, another adverb, or an adjective and tells how, where, or when something is done | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | slowly | easily | very |
| often | heavily | sharply | |||
| Conjunction | Joins words, phrases, and clauses | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | and | because | but |
| since | or | so | |||
| Preposition | First word in a phrase that indicates the relationship of the phrase to other words in the sentence | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | in | on | to |
| after | at | over | |||
| Interjection | A word that shows emotion and is not related to the rest of the sentence | Wow! After the game, silly Mary ate her apples and carrots quickly. | Hey | Wow | Look |
| Super | Oh | Yuck |
