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The Eight Parts of
Speech
Eight Parts of Speech
Verbs
Nouns
Interjections
Pronouns
Conjunctions
a word that states
A
Person
A
Place
 A Thing
 An Idea
Kinds of Nouns
Common Nouns
boy
girl
Singular Nouns
boy
girl
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Proper Nouns
John
Mary
Plural Nouns
boys
girls
Plural Possessive
boys’
girls’
A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement
“be”
verbs
Every sentence must have
a
Action Verbs

Action verbs express
mental or physical
action. Something is
being done by
someone or
something.
Paul Revere rode his
horse to warn the
colonists.
Linking Verbs

Linking verbs make
a statement by
connecting the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it.
He has been sick.
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may substitute for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.
Modifies (or describes) a
noun or pronoun.
Did you find your
mechanical pencil?
Is that a wool uniform?
There are five branches on
that bush.
Answers these questions:
Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions:
Bob ran quickly.
Sue left yesterday.
We went there.
It was too cold!
To what degree or how much?
Interrogative Adverbs introduce questions
How did you break your arm?
How often do you
exercise?
Where did you put the
keys to my car?
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun,
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object of the preposition.
They received a postcard from Barry telling
about his cruise to Alaska.
The preposition
never stands alone!
object of
preposition
preposition
object
You can’t see the dirt under the carpet.
can have more than
one object
Her text message to Ali and Raven brought good news.
object can have modifiers
It occurred during the last hurricane.
Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
or
but
Two kinds of conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
and
Subordinating conjunctions
FOR - is to introduce the reason for the preceding
clause
AND - joins two similar ideas together
NOR - The conjunction nor is not extinct, but it is not
used nearly as often as the other conjunctions. Its most
common use is as the little brother in the correlative
pair, neither-nor
BUT - joins two contrasting ideas together
OR - joins two alternative ideas
YET - is very similar to 'but' as it also joins two
contrasting ideas together
SO - shows that the second idea is the result of the first
An easy way to remember…
for and nor but or yet so
A subordinating conjunction joins a
subordinate clause to a main clause
The following is a list of the most
common subordinating conjunctions.
after although as as if as long as
as though because before even if even though if
if only in order that now that once
rather than since so that than
that though till
unless until
when whenever where
whereas wherever
while
The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Oh! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that
sunset!
Remember…
The part of speech is dependent on
how a word functions in a sentence.
Some words can perform as different
parts of speech, depending on how
they are used.