PART MAIN JOB EXAMPLES Noun Names a person, lady, road, tree, love, place, thing, or idea dream, pencil, Bob Pronoun Takes the place of a he, she, it, you, we noun Adjective Describes a noun new, shiny, fat, thorough Verb Expression action or ran, flew, trips, was, a state of being is, show Adverb Describes or modifies quickly, repeatedly, a verb, an adjective, precisely or another adverb (often end in -ly) Conjunctions Connect words, and, but, or, however, phrases, and clauses moreover Interjections Express surprise or Ouch! Eek! Ow, other emotions Yikes! Hooray! (often have an exclamation point) Prepositions Establish a over, around, relationship between through, during, the noun and the according to, rest of sentence above, beside Articles Help define nouns the, a, an