1. Parts of Speech
By: Stephanie Washam

2. Noun
Person
Place
Thing
Idea

3. TYPES OF NOUNS
Proper~ a name used for an individual person, place, or organization.
Common~ a noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual.
Examples

4. Examples of Proper/Common nouns
George Washington
Arkansas
Atlantic Ocean
Buster
United States
man
state
ocean
dog
country

5. Verb
A word used to describe an action, state of being, or occurrence. Types of verbs

6. Types of Verbs Action Verbs Helping Verbs Linking Verbs must did
has been
will fall
look
feel
smell
remain
hit
ran
jump
told
Action Verbs
Helping Verbs
Linking Verbs

7. Adverb A word used to describe a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
An adverb answers the questions: How? How Often? When? Where?

8. Examples of Adverbs How? How Often? When? Where? quietly seldom before
everywhere
sadly
every day
yesterday
there
happily
never
now
near
slowly
often
early
home
loudly
always
today
away
easily
frequently
after
outside

9. Interjection
Is an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.

10. Conjunction
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
F = For
A = And
N = Nor
B = But
O = Or
Y = Yet
S = So

11. Preposition
A word that links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence.
Examples: of, with, to, at, over, before, between, after.

12. Pronoun A word that may be substituted for a noun or a noun phrase.
There are several types of pronouns. See review list.

13. Pronoun Types Personal Singular Personal Plural Possessive Reflexive
Reciprocal
Relative
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Indefinite I we
mine
myself
each other
that
this
who
anything
you
yours
yourself
one another
which
what
anybody
he/she
them
ours
ourselves
whose
those
when
somebody

14. Adjective
Is a word that describes, identifies or further defines a noun or a pronoun.
The types of adjectives are as follows: descriptive, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, and indefinite.

15. Types of adjectives Descriptive Possessive Demonstrative Interrogative
Indefinite
witty my
this
what
every
tired
his
that
which
some
amazing
its
these
whose
all
joyful
our
those
few

16. Example Sentences
We use interjections sparingly for emotional effect-yes!
Sojourner put one big-black-beautiful foot in front of the other, and she stomped on the floorboards of ignorance, that were underneath.