parts of speech

Eight parts of speech

A noun is a word that identifies the name of a person, place or thing.

A noun may be common or proper. A common noun is a word which identifies

any person, place or thing. A proper noun identifies a specific person,

place or thing such as a person's name (George), a specific place (Washington, D. C.), or specific thing (The Washington Monument).

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Pronouns are used to substitute for nouns in order to prevent redundancy in using the noun and to make reading more interesting.

Examples I, you, we, he, she, it

An adjective is a word that modifies nouns and pronouns.

Adjectives answer the questions which one? what kind? how many? and whose? Examples: beautiful, happy, smart, cool

A verb is a word that identifies action, existence, or state of being.

Examples – run, jump, eat, pray, love

An adverb is a word that modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Adverbs answer the questions when? where? why? how? how often? in what manner? under what condition? yes or no?

Examples – quietly, quickly, questionably

A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence.

The most common prepositions are of, for, with, by, and to.

I like to think of the word “position” in preposition. A preposition tells you the “position” in which the noun is performing the action

Example: I ate lunch by the courtyard.

A conjunction is a word that connects two or more words, phrases, or clauses.

The most common conjunctions are FANBOYS For And Nor But Or Yet So

An interjection is a word that expresses a command or sudden emotion such as Stop! Run! Help! Drat! Phooey!

It can be punctuated on its own with an exclamation point, or it can be joined to a sentence with a comma.

Interjections are the only part of speech that can stand alone without being considered a fragment.

For the unit 1 post-test, you will be asked to tweet about your experience with online learning AND identify the parts of speech in your tweet.

Here is an example WOW! (interjection) This (adjective)

class (noun) amazes (verb) me (pronoun).

Now it’s your turn!!