Parts of Speech Parts of speech are meaningful classes of words
Noun A noun defines or identifies a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
Noun Shakespeare was a writer.
Noun
Shakespeare lived in London, which is a big city.
Noun
Adjective Adjective is a word that characterizes a noun.
Adjective Juliet is young and pretty
Adjective
Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, is nice but strict.
Adjective
Verb A verb identifies an action or state of being
Verb Romeo went to Capulet’s house. Juliet fell in love with him, but Juliet’s parents didn’t know about that.
Verb
Adverb Adverb is a word that characterizes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Adverb Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, never allowed Juliet to play with boys.
Adverb
Count Paris always wanted to marry Juliet and was impatiently waiting for her parents’ permission.
Adverb
Pronoun Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
Pronoun I love Greece. It is beautiful.
Pronoun
It’s me in Lykeo, in Thessaloniki