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№ Parts of speech are the basic categories of words or word “families” that exist in the English language. There are 9 parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, and articles. It is important to know them, so that you can understand grammar explanations and use the right word in the right place! Created by: Tanya Olevsky, Lingua.com Page 1 Noun A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action. Examples: cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival Verb A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something). Examples: walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want Adjective An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun. Examples: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important Adverb An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened. Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere Pronoun A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they Conjunction A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together. Examples: but, so, and, because, or Preposition A preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. Examples: on, in, by, with, under, through, at Interjection An interjection is an unusual kind of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks. Examples: Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha! Created by: Tanya Olevsky, Lingua.com Page 2 An article is used to introduce a noun. Examples: the, a, an Article For this explanation thanks to ELC STUDY ZONE: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/parts.htm Created by: Tanya Olevsky, Lingua.com Page 3 Check yourself! Find at least 3 examples of each part of speech. Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Created by: Tanya Olevsky, Lingua.com Page 4 Pronoun Conjunction Preposition Interjection Article Created by: Tanya Olevsky, Lingua.com Page 5 Please note! Each word “family” has its own special features. We are going to learn them later in the course. Additional materials: Parts of speech game: http://www.fchp.org/news/announcements/~/media/Files/FCHP/Imported/grammarfill in.pdf.ashx Parts of speech Mad Libs: http://www.itsamadlibsworld.com/index.php?edition=27 Created by: Tanya Olevsky, Lingua.com Page 6