PARTS OF SPEECH

In the English language . . .

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There are nine parts of speech . . .

Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Articles
Prepositions
Interjections

It is important to
understand that every word
in a sentence has a job to
do, a role in the sentence.

NOUN

A noun is a person, place,

The bakery
has fresh
baked
goods.

thing, or idea.
Nouns are the subject of a
sentence.

Kylie is a golfer.

The dog was

lonely without
me.

Noun: person, place, thing or quality

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Person: Mr. Garcia likes to eat spinach.

Place: Mission is an old town.
Thing: To cook you need a couple of pots.
Quality: Honesty is a great value to possess.

NOUN
In the following sentence, which words are nouns?
Caleb loves to play Nintendo DS.
a. loves
b. play
c. Caleb and Nintendo DS

VERB
A verb tells what the noun does or is
An action verb tells you that She dances.

A linking or state of being verb tells you that

The monster is ugly.

VERB
Verb- A verb is the action of the sentences What is

the subject doing? In the example below, find the

verb.
Erin is running the 5K. What is Erin
doing?
a. Is
b. 5K
c. running

Verb: shows action or state of being

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Action: He was running through the forest.

State of being: He was sad that particular morning.

PRONOUN
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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Examples: I, me, my, you, your, he, she, it , us, we, they, them,
his, her, their, mine, our, myself, himself, herself, itself,
yourself, themselves, ourselves, who, whose, whom, anybody,
anyone, everybody, nobody, someone, somebody.

Pronoun: takes the place of a noun

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Sam was studying for the mid-term exam when he

realized that it was three oclock in the morning.

(There are actually many types of pronouns:

personal, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite,

relative, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal)

A pronoun is word that takes the place of a

noun. Instead of saying Erin likes to eat, you could

say, She likes to eat.

I talk loudly than others.

a. talk
b. loudly
c. than
d. others

ADJECTIVES
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Adjectives are descriptive words used to modify

or tell more about nouns and pronouns

Without colorful and precise adjectives, language
would be INCOMPLETE

ADJECTIVE
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or

pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one.

green
shirt

sour
limes

Adjective: describes a noun

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The beautiful woman only wanted a couple of pairs

of shoes.
The rainy day made us even sadder.

ADJECTIVES
Adjective- An adjective is a word that describes a noun

or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which

one.

Erin has thin hair.

Which word describes in this sentence. What
is the adjective?
a. thin
b. Erin
c. hair

ADVERB
An adverb describes how the action is performed.

They tell how much, how often, when and where

something is done.

The fished
jumped
quickly
from the
water.

The man
sat alone.

Adverb: describes a verb

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The little girl walked happily through the

park.
The orphan hungrily ate the hot stew.

ADVERB
Adverb- An adverb describes how the action is

performed. They tell how much, how often, when

and where something is done.
Erin ran the 5km race quickly?
a. Erin
b. ran
c. quickly

CONJUNCTION
Conjunction- A conjunction is a word that joins words

or word groups together. Some examples conjunctions

are: and, but, or, nor, although, yet, so, either, and
also.

John loves to swim and play at the beach.

What is the conjunction in this sentence?
a. beach
b. swim, play
c. at
d. and

Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentences

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Manuel and Marisol loved to cook.

You will go to school, or you will fail.
I am happy because I just received my check.
It has been cloudy since the morning.

Articles: Adjectives and not a different part of

speech)
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The bicycle was not only red but shiny.

A yellow moon always appears in October.
An excellent student, Armando passed all his exams.

PREPOSITION
A preposition is a word that shows position or,

direction. Some examples are in, out, under,

over, after, out, into, up, down, for, and between.

She
worked at
her desk.

The sun was

in the sky.

Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the relationship

between the noun that it takes as an object and some other
word in the sentence.
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The cat was on the table.

The dog was under the table.

These are some common prepositions:

For
on
to
up
at
under
above

INTERJECTION
Interjection- An interjection is a word that shows

strong emotion. Such examples are Wow!, Ouch!,

Hurray!, and Oh no!
Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They
help to add voice to your writing.

Wow!

Ouch!

Superb!

Interjections: expressive words

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Wow, you knocked that ball out of the park.

Oh, you really need to take care of yourself.
Huh, what did you say?
Ah, now I understand the problem.

Identify each word in the following sentence

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The beautiful queen was walking slowly on the cool

lawn, and she was reading a long book about knights

and kings which she enjoyed.

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The beautiful queen was walking slowly

article

adjective

noun

verb

verb

adverb

on the cool lawn, and she was reading a

preposition article adjective
article

noun

conjunction

pronoun

verb

verb

long book about knights and kings which

adjective

noun

preposition

she enjoyed.
Pronoun

verb

noun

conjunction

noun

preposition