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REFERENCE SHEET: Parts of Speech
NOUN: A noun is the name of a person, animal, place, thing, or idea.
Examples: Mohammed, cat, Phoenix College, beauty, independence
In Sentences: Sedona is a beautiful city. That cloud looks like a boat.
Proper nouns are usually the names of people, places, days of the week, and months
and the first letter is capitalized. Examples: Phoenix, Rebecca, Mexico, Americans,
January, Friday
PRONOUN: A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
Examples: She, we, it, they, myself, yourself, themselves, ourselves
This, that, these, and those can also be pronouns when used without a noun. For
example, in “this is a large city,” “this” is a pronoun because it is not used with a noun,
and in “this dog is very friendly,” “this” is not a pronoun because it is used with the noun
“dog.”
ADJECTIVE: An adjective is a word that describes, or tells about, a noun.
Examples: pretty, old, green, plentiful, twelve, this, that, these, those, a, an, the
In Sentences: The old brown dog wagged his short tail. I am very happy today.
VERB: A verb is a word that tells an action or state of being. They can contain more
than one word. the Verbs can also have tense, which means they tell whether
something happened in the present, past, or future. A verb changes its form to show its
tense. Verbs also sometimes change their form depending on who or what is doing or
experiencing the action or state of being told by the verb.
Examples: to run, to know, to have, to write, to love, to be
In Sentences: We celebrate Valentine’s Day in February. Are you happy? Did
you like the movie? He has been running for an hour.
ADVERB: An adverb is a word that describes, or tells about, a verb, adjective, or
another adverb. Adverbs usually end in –ly, although some do not.
Examples: quickly, loudly, sharply, very
In Sentences: He brushed his teeth quickly. The roses were very beautiful. The
angry man shouted very loudly.
PREPOSITION: A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between two or more
words in a sentence. Prepositions often tell the location or location in time of a thing or
place.
Examples: in, on, under, by, through, to
In Sentences: The boy went to the store. The book fell under the table. I saw her
on Tuesday.
CONJUNCTION: A conjunction is a word that connects words or phrases together.
Examples: and, or, but, so, for, either/or, neither/nor, whether/or
In Sentences: I like Italian and Mexican food. Either you like football or you
don’t. She went shopping, but didn’t buy anything.
ARTICLE: Articles are similar to adjectives because they help to describe or tell a little
information about a noun. An article always comes before its noun. There are three
articles: “a”, “an”, and “the”.
Examples: a, an, the
In Sentences: The boy loved soccer. An education is a wonderful thing.
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By Sigrid Nord-Champie