Let's Learn English for Fun

Learning English will be very easy if know how to begin. I recommend that we begin from English parts of speech. There are eight of them.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

• preposition

• conjunction

• interjection

We will explore these parts of speech one by one. Don't get tense. I know it's never easy to start a new thing.

a. noun

A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract concepts. A noun can function in a sentence as a person, place, thing, quality, concept, and action.

Persons	Places	Things	Qualities	Concepts	Actions
child typist Mr. Harris Martha	lobby courtroom Chicago college	desk phone computer book	dependability honesty loyalty sincerity	beauty truth knowledge happiness	walking/to walk typing/to type writing/to write thinking/to think

b. verb

A verb is a word that tells what the subject of the sentence does, says, thinks, or feels. Sometimes the verb shows movement (jump) or sometimes it shows how a thing is or that it exists (is). The verb also shows time which is called tense. The form of the verb or its tense can tell when events take place.

Examples :

• My teacher showed us how to write an essay. (does)
• Maria talked to her mom about her new room-mate. (says)
• Jose thought he could answer all the questions, but he couldn't. (thinks)
• I felt the air so cold tonight. (feels)
• The kids ran as if they had been chased by a dog. (movement)
• Ice is cold. (is)/(exists)

c. Adjective

Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Adjectives come before nouns.

Examples :


the tall professor
the lugubrious lieutenant
a solid commitment
a month's pay
a six-year-old child
the unhappiest, richest man