Parts of SpeechBy: Hallie Mayfield

VerbThis part of speech serves as a sentence’s simple predicate.

It can be in the present, past, or future tense

It can be linking, helping, or action

The man ran to the store.

Ran is a verb it tells what the man is doing.

NounThis part of speech names a person, place, or thing

Nouns can be abstract or concrete

They can also be proper or common

………Common………The girl was happy.

……..Proper……My Grandma shops at Walmart.

PronounThe part of speech that replaces a noun

Pronouns can be interrogative, possessive, or personal ………………

example…………….He ran outside to play tag

AdverbThis part of speech modifies adjectives and verbs

Adverbs often include words that end in -ly

The girl happily opened the gift.

………………………………..

Preposition

A common way to remember this part of speech is “anywhere a mouse can go”

It shows how a noun or pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence

……………example………….

The girl went outside to play.

Conjunction

This part of speech connects two words,phrases,clauses,or sentences

Conjunctions may be coordinating,subordinating,or correlative

………..example..................

The girl went to play hop-scotch and,the boy rode his bike.

Interjection

The part of speech frequently begins sentences, and expresses the speaker’s strong emotion

Less common examples are “um” and “er”

“oh!” and “wow!” are examples

ArticlesThis part of speech only has three examples in EnglishThey are “a”,”an”,and “the”

“a” and “an” are indefinite and “the is definite

Works Cited

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech-table.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/parts.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_of_speech

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htmhttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=parts+of+speech&FORM=HDRSC2&adlt=strict