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Review: The 8 Parts of Speech 1. NOUNS A noun is a word that names a person, place, a thing, or an idea. Examples Person: teacher, uncle, niece, Joey Place: garage, city, park, school Thing: paw, giraffe, bicycle, ice cream, doorknob Idea: democracy, fame, love, disappointment 2. PRONOUNS A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun. The word or group of words to which a pronoun refers is called its antecedent. Examples I, me, we, us, you, he, him, she, her, they, them, it 3. VERBS A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being. A verb is necessary to make a statement. Examples The students begin their homework. Lisa entered class late. Studying grammar rocks. To me, it seems boring. 4. ADJECTIVES An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun by limiting its meaning. An adjective tells what kind, which one, how many, or how much. Examples round window romantic story interesting book six oranges many ideas enough cups that hat these books third time adult cat Scottish wool scary thought 5. ADVERBS An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by making its meaning more specific. Ad verbs modify by answering the questions “When?” “Where?” “How?” and “To what degree?”. Examples His phone rings often. Kim carefully polished the car. The speaker will stand here. After getting caught shoplifting, Joe ran quickly. 6. PREPOSITIONS A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence. Examples of Commonly Used Prepositions aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among, around, as, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, by, concerning, despite, down, during, except, excepting, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, opposite, out, outside, over, past, pending, regarding, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, with, within, without… 7. CONJUNCTIONS A conjunction is a word that joins single words or groups of words. A coordinating conjunction joins words or groups of words that have equal grammatical weight in a sentence. A subordinating conjunction joins words or groups of words that do not have equal grammatical weight in a sentence. Coordinating Conjunctions and, but, or, so, nor, for, yet Subordinating Conjunctions after, although, as (if), because, before, if, since, unless, until, when(ever), whereas, while 8. INTERJECTIONS An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation. An interjection has no grammatical connection to other words. Examples Oh, I didn’t know he had three eyes. Ouch! That hurts! Other Examples Wow Oops Ssh Ah Well Psst Yikes Alas Whew, it’s hot in this classroom. Why, children!