The Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
e.g. Ella, Philippines, phone, success
Pronouns
Replace nouns.
e.g. She, He, Them, It
Adjectives
Describe a noun or a pronoun.
e.g. beautiful, smart, cute, white
Verbs
Action words.
e.g. walking, running, talking
Adverbs
Describe a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
e.g. quickly, slowly, clearly, sadly
Prepositions
Show a relationship of place, time, location or direction or between words.
e.g. in, on, at, over
Conjunctions
Connect words, phrases, and clauses.
e.g. and, but, if, because
Interjections
Tell emotion.
e.g. Yay, Ouch