The eight jobs a word can do in a sentence - and how one word can change jobs. · about 15 minutes
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What is it? Every word in a sentence has a job. Grammar calls these jobs the parts of speech. There are eight: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.
Why does it matter? Knowing a word's job helps you build correct sentences, understand new words from how they are used, and fix mistakes in your own writing.
Where do we use it? Every sentence you read or write - from a cricket commentary to your science homework - is made of these eight kinds of words.
In this lesson you will:
