Eight+Parts+of+Speech

=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: [|Now check your understanding] »
 * verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjuction!
 * **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. ||