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Eight Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Verbs Interjections

Word that names A Place A Person A Thing An Idea

Word that expresses An Action A State of Being She is sick. He hits the ball.

Word that can be used as a substitute for a noun Examples: he, him, they, her, someone They are playing volleyball.

Modifies a noun or pronoun Adjectives answer the questions: Which one(s)?  those, hers, Sue’s How many?  some, none, two, ten What kind?  new, blue, smart How do they compare?  older, smarter Lauren has a new book.

Answers the questions: He ran quickly. She left yesterday. We went there. Where? It was too hot! To what extent? Modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb How? When?

A word used to connect a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Above Under Between Down

Conjunction: A word which connects one sentence element to another. And But Or Yet

The interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion Goodness! What a cute baby! Wow! Look at that sunset!