Download Noun: a noun is a person, place, or thing

Parts of Speech
Noun: a noun is a person, place, or thing.
Ex.
Persons- president, teacher, King Kamehameha, Mr. Godsill
Places- beach, mountains, school, Kauai, Asia
Things- slippers, surfboard, book, love, stars, water
Pronoun: a pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
Ex.
I, you, he, she, it, him, her, your(s), they, them ours, their(s), my, mine
Everyone, anything, nobody, either, few, several
Who, whom, which, that, this
Adjective: an adjective is a word that describes (modifies) a noun or pronoun
Ex.
Red, fast, slower, beautiful, sleepy, smart
(Articles): a, an, the
Verb: a verb is an action word or a state of being (to be) word.
Ex.
Run, swim, played, sleep, read, worked, sang
State of being (“to be”) verbs: is, are, am, was, were
Adverb: an adverb helps describe (modify) verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
Ex.
Slowly, extremely, very, nearly, hardly
The turtle moved slowly
It was an extremely warm day
He reads very well
Preposition: a preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a
sentence
Ex.
Think of “the bird and the tree.”
The bird flew over the tree.
The bird flew through the tree.
The bird flew around the tree.
Conjunctions: a conjunction is a “connecting” word
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Coordinating Conjunctions connect sentences and sentence parts (for, and, nor, but, or, yet,
& so)
Ex.
I like pepperoni and olives on my pizza.
I like pepperoni, but I don’t like olives.
Subordinating Conjunctions introduce sentence parts.
Ex.
Before I can go to the beach, I have to finish my homework.
I have to finish my homework before I can go to the beach.
Interjections: an interjection is a word or group of words that expresses emotion.
Ex.
Aha! That’s how to solve the problem.
Wow! You did a great job.