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Parts of Speech Summary
1. NOUN: Names a person, place, or thing
Person: woman, spokesperson, trainer
Place: jungle, park, kennel
Thing: computer, tree, hippopotamus
2. PRONOUN: Takes the place of a noun or a group of words acting as a noun
Subject pronouns: I, we, you, he, she, it, they
Object: me, us, you, him, her, it, them
3. VERB: Expresses physical action, mental action, or a state of being.
Physical action: walks, killed, live, divide
Mental action: likes, love, remember, forget
State of being: is, am, was, were, been, being
4. ADJECTIVE: Modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun by answering the
questions: What kind? Which one? and How many?
What kind? Bright, red, gentle, scary, smart, false
Which one? The, this, these, either, her, my
How many? Two, several, many, few, every, seventh
5. ADVERB: Describes an action verb, an adjective, or another adverb and can
tell when, where, how, or to what extent about actions
When? Yesterday, soon, often, immediately, sometimes
Where? Here, there, down, up, everywhere, away, far, near
How? Well, cleverly, fast, wildly, carefully, badly
To what extent? Very, too, really, terribly, extremely, quite, not
6. PREPOSITION: A word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a
sentence.
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A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a
pronoun that is the object of the preposition.
Common Prepositions
aboard
because of
down
instead of
out of
about
before
during
into
outside
above
behind
except
like
over
according to
below
except for
near
past
across
beneath
for
next to
since
after
beside
from
of
through
against
besides
in
off
to
along
between
in back of
on
toward
among
beyond
in front of
on account of
under
around
by
inside
onto
underneath
at
despite
in spite of
out
until
7. CONJUNCTION: Connects words or groups of words
Coordinating: and, but, or
Correlative: both…and, neither…nor, either…or, whether…or
8. INTERJECTION: Expresses a strong feeling or emotion. Common
interjections:
Ah
Good grief
Hurray
Oh, no
Ouch
Whew
Aha
Hey
Oh
Oops
Ugh
Wow
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