Parts of Speech The 8
Nouns A person, place, thing, or idea Examples: desk Lindblom puppy democracy
Pronouns A word that takes the place of a noun Examples: she them ours it
Verbs An action or state of being Examples: jog been write kill
Adjectives Modify nouns Examples: Crafty (The crafty dog escaped again!) content excellent ambitious
Adverbs Modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs Examples: feebly fearlessly soon rapidly
Conjunctions A word that connects other words, clauses, phrases, or sentences. Examples: FANBOYS: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Other conjunction examples: because, moreover, therefore, however
Prepositions Used before a noun or pronoun to express a relation to another word or phrase in the sentence. Examples: under around within after The blanket was on the couch.
Interjections An exclamatory expression of emotion. Examples: Geez! Ughhh! Hooray! Wow!
Activity Look at the following words. With a partner, create a sentence with the words. Label the parts of speech for each word in your sentence.
Miley Cyrus. Wow. Above. His. Cat. So.
Under. And. Sat. Happily. Beyonce. She
Before. Holy cow. Hello Kitty. Shiny. Sneezed.
On. But. Justin Timberlake. He. Zoo. Lazily.