Eight Parts of Speech 1. Noun5. Adverb 2. Pronoun6. Preposition 3. Verb7. Conjunction 4. Adjective8. Interjection

Eight Parts of Speech 1. Noun The name of a person, place, thing, or idea (girl, bull, island, map, sea, marriage, love, war) 2. Pronoun A word which takes the place of a noun (I, we, you, he, she, it, they, who, whose, whom) 3. Verb A word which expresses an action, state, or condition. (run, walk, climb, sing, dream, think, hope, be, become) 4. Adjective A word which describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. (large, bright, short, fat, any, some, this, that, which) 5. Adverb A word which describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. (not, well, easily, very, too, greatly) 6. Preposition A word which shows a relationship between a noun and a pronoun and another word in the sentence. (in, on, under, to, toward, near) 7. Conjunction A word which joins words or groups of words. (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, because) 8. Interjection A cry or expression of emotion. (ah, alas, O)

The men were often working in the fields with the slaves Noun Adverb Verb Prep. Noun Prep. Noun while the women were also working in the farmhouse. Conj. Noun Adv. Verb Prep. Noun