What part of speech is the word table

Parts of speech in English are divided into independent and service parts. Lets read Classification of parts of speech in English with examples.

Independent parts of speech

Independent parts of speech are words that have independent lexical meaning (for example, “table” is a table. Pronouncing this word, you immediately get a clear idea of ​​what it means).

1-Noun 

• A noun ( noun )  is a part of speech that denotes an object, living beings, abstract concepts or phenomena. Answers the questions: “Who?”; “What?”.
• All nouns are divided into common nouns ( common all ), own ( Proper ), and concrete ( concrete ).
• There is also a classification in the countable and uncountable ( the Countable and uncountable nouns).
• The noun has the categories of gender ( gender), number ( number ), and case ( case ).

Examples:

a flower, Henry, tea, time, money, water.

2-Pronoun

A pronoun ( pronoun )  is a part of speech that indicates an object or quality of an object, without naming it. Pronouns have categories of gender and number. There are several groups of pronouns in English:

• Personal and possessive (personal and reflexive ): he, his, his; she, her, hers, I, my, mine.
• Return ( reflexive ): myself, herself, Himself, by ourselves.
• Demonstrative ( demonstrative ): the this, That, Those, for These.
• Interrogative ( interrogative ): the who, what, the which, Whose, Whom.
• Attributive ( Defining ): every, all, each, everybody, everyone, to Both, an either, other, another.
• Indefinite and negative ( indefinite and negative ): some, the any, the no, none, one’s, many, much, little, few.

3-Verb

• A verb ( verb ) is a part of speech that denotes an action or state. Depending on the meaning and role in the sentence, verbs are semantic ( notional ), auxiliary ( semi-auxiliary ), auxiliary ( auxiliary ).
• All English verbs are divided into regular and irregular.

Examples:

run, must, be, paint, love, sleep.

4-Adverb

• Adverb ( adverb )  – a part of speech that denotes the nature of the action and answers the questions: “How?”; “Where?”; “When?”; “Why?”; “How?” (How? Where? When? Why? In what manner?).
• Adverbs are also divided into groups: adverbs of place ( PLACE ), the time ( time ), modus operandi ( manner ), frequency ( frequency The ), degree ( degree ).

Examples:

happily, well, badly, quickly, fast.

5-Adjective

• Adjective ( adjective )  – this is the part of speech, indicating the object attribute, person or phenomenon.
• By the nature of the sign, all adjectives can be divided into qualitative ( qualitative ) and relative ( relative ).
• By the principle of word formation, they are simple ( simple ), derivatives ( derived ) and complex ( compound ).
• Also, adjectives have degrees of comparison: positive degree, comparative degree, and superlative degree.

Examples:

beautiful, nice, tall, happy, big – bigger – the biggest, good – better – the best.

Service parts of speech

The service parts of speech play an auxiliary role and, as it were, “serve” independent parts of speech.

6-Preposition

The auxiliary part of speech; connects words and can express completely different relationships. In English, there are prepositions for time, place, purpose, reasons, and others:

Examples:

at, in, on, to, towards, under.

 7-Conjunction

The auxiliary part of speech connects suggestions:

Examples:

and, but, because, so

8-Interjections 

Do not refer to either official or independent parts of speech, since they have no meaning and do not serve independent parts of speech. They serve to convey feelings.

Examples:

ah, eh, alas, er, hey, uhm, etc

9-The article

Definite ( the ), indefinite ( a / an ) and zero (no article) – “zero article”.

We hope that you have understood the Classification of parts of speech in English with illustration

What is a Part of Speech?

We can categorize English words into 9 basic types called «parts of speech» or «word classes». It’s quite important to recognize parts of speech. This helps you to analyze sentences and understand them. It also helps you to construct good sentences.

• Parts of Speech Table
• Parts of Speech Examples
• Parts of Speech Quiz

Parts of Speech Table

This is a summary of the 9 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.

part of speech	function or «job»	example words	example sentences
Verb	action or state	(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must	EnglishClub is a website. I like EnglishClub.
Noun	thing or person	pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John	This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
Adjective	describes a noun	good, big, red, well, interesting	My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
Determiner	limits or «determines» a noun	a/an, the, 2, some, many	I have two dogs and some rabbits.
Adverb	describes a verb, adjective or adverb	quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really	My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
Pronoun	replaces a noun	I, you, he, she, some	Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.
Preposition	links a noun to another word	to, at, after, on, but	We went to school on Monday.
Conjunction	joins clauses or sentences or words	and, but, when	I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don’t like cats.
Interjection	short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence	oh!, ouch!, hi!, well	Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don’t know.

* Some grammar sources traditionally categorize English into 8 parts of speech. Others say 10. At EnglishClub, we use the more recent categorization of 9 parts of speech. Examples of other categorizations are:

• Verbs may be treated as two different parts of speech:
  • lexical Verbs (work, like, run)
  • auxiliary Verbs (be, have, must)
• Determiners may be treated as adjectives, instead of being a separate part of speech.

Parts of Speech Examples

Here are some examples of sentences made with different English parts of speech:

verb
Stop!

noun	verb
John	works.

noun	verb	verb
John	is	working.

pronoun	verb	noun
She	loves	animals.

noun	verb	noun	adverb
Tara	speaks	English	well.

noun	verb	adjective	noun
Tara	speaks	good	English.

pronoun	verb	preposition	determiner	noun	adverb
She	ran	to	the	station	quickly.

pron.	verb	adj.	noun	conjunction	pron.	verb	pron.
She	likes	big	snakes	but	I	hate	them.

Here is a sentence that contains every part of speech:

interjection	pron.	conj.	det.	adj.	noun	verb	prep.	noun	adverb
Well,	she	and	my	young	John	walk	to	school	slowly.

Words with More Than One Job

Many words in English can have more than one job, or be more than one part of speech. For example, «work» can be a verb and a noun; «but» can be a conjunction and a preposition; «well» can be an adjective, an adverb and an interjection. In addition, many nouns can act as adjectives.

To analyze the part of speech, ask yourself: «What job is this word doing in this sentence?»

In the table below you can see a few examples. Of course, there are more, even for some of the words in the table. In fact, if you look in a good dictionary you will see that the word «but» has six jobs to do:

• verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjunction!

word	part of speech	example
work	noun	My work is easy.
verb	I work in London.
but	conjunction	John came but Mary didn’t come.
preposition	Everyone came but Mary.
well	adjective	Are you well?
adverb	She speaks well.
interjection	Well! That’s expensive!
afternoon	noun	We ate in the afternoon.
noun acting as adjective	We had afternoon tea.

Every word is a part of speech, each playing a specific role in a sentence. There are 8 different parts of speech including noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Each word in a sentence plays a vital role in conveying the meaning and intent of the sentence.

What is Part of Speech?

The English language has thousands of words and every word has some function to perform. Some words are there to show action, some to join, and some to name something. And together, all the functions performed by words in the English language fall under Parts of speech.           
 

Parts of Speech Definition

The parts of speech are the “traditional grammatical categories to which words are assigned in accordance with their syntactic functions, such as noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and so on.” In other words, they refer to the different roles that words can play in a sentence and how they relate to one another based on grammar and syntax.

Parts of Speech Table

Types	Function	Examples	Sentences
Noun	Refers Things or person	Pen, Chair, Ram, Honesty	Cars are expensive. This chair is of wood. Ram is a topper. Honesty is the best policy.
Pronoun	Replaces a noun	I, you, he, she, it, they	They are expensive. It is of wood. He is a topper. It is the best policy
Adjective	Describes a noun	Super, Red, Our, Big, Great class	Super cars are expensive Red chair is for kids Ram is a class topper. Great things take time.
Verb	Describes action or state	Play, be, work, love, like	I play football I will be a doctor I like to work I love writing poem.
Adverb	Describes a verb, adjective or adverb	Silently, too, very	I love reading silently. It is too tough to handle. He can speak very fast.
Preposition	Links a noun to another word	at, in, of, after, under,	The ball is under the table. I am at a restaurant. she is in trouble. I am going after her. It is so nice of him
Conjunction	Joins clauses and sentences	and, but, though, after	First, I will go to college and then I may go to fest. I don’t have a car but I know how to drive. She failed the exam though she worked hard. He will come after he finish his match.
Interjection	Shows exclamation	oh!, wow!, alas! Hurray!	Oh! I got fail again. Wow! I got the job. Alas! She is no more. Hurray! we are going to party.

Parts of Speech Examples with Sentences

Noun

Examples: Luggage, Cattle.

Sentence:  Never leave your luggage unattended.

In some places, cattle are fed barely.

Pronoun

Examples: who, either, themselves

Sentence: I know a man who plays the guitar very well.

Either of the two cars is for sale.

They enjoyed themselves at the party.

Adjective

Examples: kind, moving, wounder.

Sentence: 

She is a kind person.

Boarding a moving bus can be dangerous.

Never poke a wounded animal.

Verb

Examples: Praise, Hate, Punish

Sentence: She always praises her friends.

I don’t hate anybody.

The boy has been punished by his teacher

Adverb

Examples: Always, enough, immediately

Sentence: we should always help each other.

We should be wise enough to understand what is good for us.

We should leave bad habits immediately.

Preposition

Examples: Off, Below, From. to

Sentence: 

He plunged off the cliff

I live below the 9th floor.

I travel daily from Delhi to Noida.

Conjunction

Examples: whereas, as well as, so, 

Sentence: The new software is fairly simple whereas the old one was a bit complicated.

The finance company is not performing well as well as some of its competitors.

He was ready so he may come. 

Interjection

Examples: oops! whoa! phew! 

Sentence: Oops! I forgot to mention her name.

Whoa! you drive fast. 

Phew! That was close call, we had a narrow escape.

Parts of Speech Quiz

Choose the correct Parts of Speech of the BOLD word from the following questions.

1. Let us play, Shall We?

       a. Conjunction

       b. Pronoun

       c. Verb

2.  It is a good practice to arrange books on shelves.

      a. Verb

      b. Noun

      c. Adjective

3. Whose books are these?

      a. Pronoun

     b. Preposition

     c. verb

4.  Father, please get me that toy. 

     a. Pronoun

     b. Adverb

     c. Adjective

5.  His mentality is rather obnoxious.

     a. Adverb

     b. Adjective

     c. Noun

6.  He is the guy whose money got stolen.

      a. Pronoun

      b. Conjunction

      c. Adjective

7. I will have finished my semester by the end of this year.

      a. Interjection

      b. Conjunction

      c. Preposition

8. Bingo! That’s the one I have been looking for

    a. Interjection

     b. Conjunction

     c. Preposition

Quiz Answers

1. c,  2. b,  3. a,  4. c,  5. a,  6. b,  7. c,  8. a

FAQs on Parts of Speech

Q1. What are Parts of Speech?

Ans. A word is assigned to a category as per its function, and those categories are together known as Parts of Speech.

Q2. What are the 8 Parts of Speech?

Ans. Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection.

Q3. How many Parts of Speech are there?

Ans. There are a total of 8 parts of Speech.

Q4. What Part of Speech is “our”?

Ans. Adjective. Eg. Our car.

Q5. What Part of Speech is “Quickly”?

Ans. Adverb. let us understand it with this example – Milk sours quickly in warm weather.

It depends who you want to satisfy with your classification. If you must classify into the traditional eight parts of speech, there is considered a pronoun (Dictionary.com — see below), specifically a dummy subject (Wikipedia), usually termed «existential there» 1,2,3 — search term in Google Books.

there

pronoun
7.
(used to introduce a sentence or clause in which the verb comes before its subject or has no complement): There is no hope.

In the phrase «there is» there is grammatically unnecessary, but it has two uses. One, not to end an existential sentence with a being verb. For instance, see this dissertation, page 63 (though read Chapter IV, pp. 53-115 if you’re really interested):

For example, King Alfred could write “swae feawa hiora waeron” (so few of them were), but to translate this into more modern English, we need to supply a subject slot filler as in “so few of them there were” or more naturally “there were so few of them.”

The other use, as in your example, is to emphasize the existence of the subject. So «A book is on the table» is perfectly fine, but the existence of the book is underlined in the sentence «There is a book on the table.» (That’s why «there» is termed existential — it’s only used in existential clauses.)

However, classifying «there» as a pronoun is controversial since a pronoun is defined as a substitute for a noun. There is not a substitute for a more specific noun. Along these lines, in the 8-part scheme, you should logically call it a noun. I haven’t found a source to back this up, though, except for the definition of a noun.

But since even a noun must refer to an entity, and there does not, existential there is not either a noun or a pronoun.

If you’re still interested, you probably don’t mind transcending the artificial part-of-speech system. In fact, the reason I can’t find a direct refutation of there as pronoun is that every scholarly work I’ve come across does not refer to eight-parts-of-speech period. So, after getting rid of the clutter, there doesn’t have to be classified with either nouns or pronouns. It’s existential there. It’s a dummy subject. But it’s not a pronoun.

Because really, you can’t group it with any other word and call it a homogeneous category. It even presents differences from the dummy it.

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As to the punctuation problem, put the question mark outside of the quotes, and you’ll be fine:

What part of speech is there in the sentence «There is a book on the table»?

The word “THE” is a Definite Article and an Adverb.Take a look at the definitions and examples below and you will see how this little word can be used as different parts of speech.

 1. Definite Article

This word “The” is considered as a definite article because it is used to refer to something specific. It is also placed before a noun, if the audience already knows what is being referred to (there is only one or the subject has already been mentioned). For example, let’s look at the sentence below:

“The pope will visit the Philippines in 2015.”

“The” is used because there is only one pope in the whole world.

Definition:

a. used to indicate a person or thing that has already been mentioned or seen or is clearly understood from the situation

• Joe is the tallest boy in class.

b. used to refer to things or people that are common in daily life

• The moon is aligned between the Sun and the Earth.

c. used to refer to things that occur in nature

• The inner planets of the solar system are denser compared to the outer planets.

2. Adverb

Aside from acting as a definite article, “The” can also be used as an adverb. Take for example the sentence below:

“Since getting a new computer, he was able to produce outputs all the quicker.”

In that sentence, “the” serves as an adverb because it modifies the adjective quicker. Take note that the word can only be used as an adverb if it is used together with an adjective or another adverb which is in the comparative degree.

Definition:

a. than before: than otherwise —used before a comparative

• The sooner the better.

b. to what extent

• Mercury is the most cratered planet in our Solar System.

c. beyond all others

• The more the merrier.