Dalam bahasa Inggris, ada delapan parts of speech, yaitu:
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Noun
- Preposition
- Pronoun
- Verb
Delapan kategori di atas masih dapat dikembangkan lagi, contohnya berdasarkan Article dan Numeral. Pada penjelasan kali ini difokuskan pada delapan yang termasuk kategori utama.
| Parts of Speech | Contoh kalimat |
|---|---|
| Adjective | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Adverb | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Conjunction | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Interjection | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Noun | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Preposition | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Pronoun | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Verb | Look! He is sitting on an old chair and is snoring loudly. |
| Parts of Speech | Penjelasan |
|---|---|
| Adjective | mendeskripsikan noun atau pronouns (bagaimana suatu hal atau seseorang) |
| Adverb | mendeskripsikan verb, adjective, adverb (bagaimana seseorang melakukan sesuatu) |
| Conjunction | menggabungkan kata-kata atau frasa-frasa |
| Interjection | mengekspresikan perasaan |
| Noun | nama orang atau benda |
| Preposition | mengungkapkan hubungan antar orang atau benda |
| Pronoun | dapat menggantikan kata benda |
| Verb | menyatakan suatu tindakan atau keadaan |