Parts of Speech Summary

There are 8 parts of speech: nouns pronouns adjectives verbs adverbs prepositions conjunctions interjections Except for interjections, the parts of speech work together, & you usually have to see how a word is working with other words to be sure what part of speech it is.

I’m tired, so I’ll rest. -- conjunction I am so tired. -- adverb Remember that a word can be one part of speech in a certain context & another part of speech in a different context: I run every day. -- verb I went for a run. -- noun I’m tired, so I’ll rest. -- conjunction I am so tired. -- adverb She’s a good student. -- adjective They did it for the good of the team. --noun

Noun: person, place, thing, idea Pronoun: takes the place of a noun Adjective: describes a noun or pronoun Verb: shows an action or a state of being Adverb: describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb Preposition: shows the relationship between a noun & another word in the sentence Conjunction: links two items Interjection: a word/phrase to show emotion, set apart from the sentence, grammatically unrelated to the rest of the sentence.

Exercise page These exercises require you to distinguish between different parts of speech. http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-parts-of-speech.php http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073123587/student_view0/chapter6/parts_of_speech_exercise.html http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/rvpartsp.html http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-parts-of-speech-exercise-02.html http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz30fna.htm http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisepos1.htm http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisepos2.htm http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisepos3.htm  http://www.gordonstate.edu/faculty/k_guffey/English%20grammar/assignments/verbs.prepositions.conjunctions.interjections.htm