Part of speech

PARTS OF SPEECH

NOUN

• - A word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
• Proper nouns name a particular person, place, thing or idea and begin with a capital letter. (United States, June, and Lowes)
• Common nouns do not name a particular person, place or thing and do not need capitalization. (country, month, and school)
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PRONOUNS

• - A word used instead of a noun. It is a substitute for a noun.
• Jim outran the animals.
• He outran them.
• Other examples: (he, him, his, she, her, hers, and it)
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VERB

• - The main word in the predicate of a sentence that expresses action or being.
• Action verbs tell what the subject does.(sing)
• Verb phrases are verbs made up of more than one word. (is studying)
• Other verbs are called helping or auxiliary verbs. (has, have)
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PREPOSITION

• - A word that shows the relationship between a noun and some other word in the sentence.
• Tip: Any way that you can throw a ball would be a preposition. (up, down, in, out, and through)
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ADJECTIVE

• - A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
• One adjective can change the meaning of a whole sentence.
• It was a boring day. It was an exciting day. An adjective can tell what kind, which one, or how many.
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ADVERB

• - A word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb.
• Adverbs that modify verbs answer:
• How? (slowly)
• Where? (outside)
• When? (later)Or
• To what extent? (thoroughly)
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INTERJECTION

• - A word or words that show feeling.
• If it stands alone, it is followed by an exclamation point. (Hey!)
• If it begins a sentence, it is set off by a comma. (Well, I never knew that.)
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CONJUNCTION

• - A word that connects words or groups of words.
• I am going to the store and by the bank.
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