There are 8 parts of speech. Parts of Speech Review There are 8 parts of speech. Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

a person, place, thing or idea Noun a person, place, thing or idea Example: friend, love, mansion, courage, extinction, foot, hamster, time, Paris, school, book, teacher, ability.

Pronoun words that refer/replace nouns Nouns Pronouns Every noun you can think of can be replaced with a more general pronoun Examples Nouns Pronouns girl she, her, someone, somebody friends them, they, some, their house it, that

Adjective words that describe (modify) nouns or pronouns Add adjectives below: The ________ boy won the contest. She is ________ whenever she is at school. _____ is the best way to describe homework. We ate a _____ meal before going to the concert. Yesterday was the _____ day of my life.

Verb Action words; forms of “to be” Example: The Verb tells what the subject is doing. Example: Mike ran around the backstop. Maria sold her favorite book. I am happy. She is in the attic. We went to the store to buy apples.

Adverb words that describe (modify) verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs They usually answer how, when or to what degree. They often end in “ly.” slowly, perfectly, quickly, very, slightly, etc.

words that show position or direction Preposition words that show position or direction (Everywhere a fly can be in relation to a tube!) On Under Within Of Around Near To For During

words that connect other words, phrases or clauses Conjunction words that connect other words, phrases or clauses For And Nor But Or Yet So Neither…Nor Either…Or Not Only… But Also

words of strong emotion (Usually followed by an exclamation point.) Interjection words of strong emotion (Usually followed by an exclamation point.) Hey! Wow! Oops! Well, Whoops!

Here are some easy tips to remembering some of the tricky parts of speech: Adjective and Adverb (“ad” think describes…adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs) Pronoun (always refers to a noun) Preposition (usually tells the position of a noun) Conjunction (FANBOYS and junction= joining together)