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Parts of speech can be very complex because there are irregularities and sometimes the answer is just, memorize it, but there are basic rules and categories that help us move forward in our understanding of the English language. As far as nouns go, there are the basics person, place or thing, but also the idea. You also have countable (cows, sticks, raindrops) and uncountable nouns (music, water, sand), which determine if you use, for example, many or much. You can count many raindrops, but there might be too much sand.
With verbs it's important to learn the difference between the tenses. We generally tell stories in the simple past. I went to the store. I saw my friend. We use the present to talk about ongoing situations, or general truths. Dogs bark. Cats yodel. I teach at Laney College. From there we move to the past participle. This is trickier. I have been there many times. She has never seen Star Wars. The present participle uses the -ing form of the verb. I love buying morning buns. I go shopping. I am thinking about buying a Tickle Me Elmo.
There is a lot more to this parts of speech business and I would like to sharpen my understanding of it all. I generally get adverbs, for they modify a verb, and adjectives, which modify a noun, but of course there are nuances. For example, then and there are adverbs, but I often forget that.
