Examples of Parts of Speech

Noun Noun Noun Noun

Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns
Chinese food is my favorite.
This leather couch is easy to clean.
Life was hard in ancient times.
abundant alive Australian blue

brighter careful Classier dustiest

easy empty Expensive few

fierce filthy Flaky freezing

grumpy heavy Helpless icy

isolated Jewish Jolly knowledgeable

Latino less Lively loudest

melted more beautiful most magnificent narrow

nutritious old-fashioned Polite prickly

purple quaint Raspy relieved

screeching shallow Swifter tart

thankful thundering Ugly uneven

warmest wood Yummy zany

Adverbs modify a verb, adjective or another adverb

The rabbit magically appeared.
I am extremely disappointed in you.
Cautiously we approached the accident.
always beautifully Briskly carefully

cautiously cheerfully Delicately early

everywhere extremely Freely here

last lightly Magically many

never now Often quickly

randomly rarely Sometimes somewhere

there truthfully Usually very

weirdly wickedly Wholeheartedly yesterday

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Conjunctions join words, phrases and clauses
I cant go unless you take me.
She didnt arrive yet.
While I bake, you clean.
after although And as if

because before Both but

but also either either/or even if

for if Neither nor

not not only Or since

so so that Though unless

until when Whenever where

wherever whether While yet

Interjections express emotion, meaning or feelings

Yuck! This tastes awful.
Whoa, just hang on a minute.
Huh? I didnt hear you.
aha alas bazinga bingo

boo bravo cheers congratulations

encore eureka fiddlesticks good grief

hey holy buckets hurray oh dear

oops ouch ow phew

phooey pow rats shh

shoo thanks uh-huh uh-oh

ugh wahoo Whoops wow

yeah yes yikes yippee

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noun noun Noun noun
Nouns name people, places, things, qualities or actions
The whole troop of Girl Scouts is here.
Florida has nice weather in the winter.
Baking is my favorite activity.
audience anchovy band Boston Tea Party

Buddha committee crowd democracy

eggplant family herd jury

justice King Charles laughing music

quartet Phil Pythagorean theory Rio Grande

running Russian safety September

society team Venezuela Wednesday

Prepositions connect a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence

Against all odds, she won.
Wait until the traffic clears.
It is near the stream.
About Across After Along

Around Behind Beneath Between

Beyond Concerning Considering Down

During Except For From

Inside Into Like Near

Off Onto Over Past

Regarding Save Since Than

Through Toward Underneath Until

Upon Via Within without

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Pronouns replace nouns
I will be there.
The bag is yours.
Anybody can do this.
All Another Anything Both

Each other Everyone Everything Few

Hers Herself Himself His

I Its Itself Many

Mine My Myself Nobody

None One another Ours Ourselves

Several She Some Something

Such That Theirs Themselves

These This Those We

Which Who Whom Whose

You Yours Yourselves Us

Verbs express action or a state of being

We are not happy.
I could be persuaded.
Hand in your papers.
Act Am Appear Are

Be Become Being Can

Come Did Do Does

Fall Feel Felt Get

Go Got Grow Had

Has Have Is Keep

Look May Might Must

Prove Remain Run Seem

Should Stay Study Taste

Turn Was Wax Went