In the English language, words can be considered as the smallest elements that have distinctive meanings. Based on their use and functions, words are categorized into several types or parts of speech. This article will offer definitions and examples for the 8 major parts of speech in English grammar: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, and interjection.

This book is written for those intending to learn the word class in the grammar of English, especially for the novice or starters. It starts with the origins of the parts of speech and contains the explanation of the parts of speech alphabetically. Exercises are available to drill the readers’ comprehension upon completing reading a chapter. Those exercises are useful for the readers in order to implement the readers’ capability in identifying, classifying, analyzing sentences and finally writing down a using the part of speech about a certain topic.

It is not easy to fulfill the millennials’ demand on learning process. However, the authors have made their effort by making this reference book available for them. The authors expect this book give advantage to the novice intending to achieve the comprehensive English Grammar.