8 Parts of Speech

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Noun
Person Place Thing
Pronoun
Word used in place of a noun
President John Kennedy had severe back trouble, and although
President John Kennedy approached stairs gingerly and lifted
with care, President John Kennedy did swim and sail, and
occasionally President John Kennedy even managed to play
touch football with friends, family members, or co-workers.
President John Kennedy had severe back trouble,
and although he approached stairs gingerly and
lifted with care, he did swim and sail, and
occasionally he even managed to play touch
football with friends, family members, or co-workers.
Verb
Expresses action, state of being, emotion or opinion

Mark eats his dinner quickly.

We went to the market.

You write neatly in your notebook.

They thought about all the prizes in the competition

Adjective
Modifies a noun or pronoun

Describes what kind, which one, or how many

The horrible official blew the call. The loudest stadium in the NFL. There have been fifty-two
Super Bowls.
Preposition
a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another
word in the sentence.

The first part of a prepositional phrase

Adverb
An adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Modifies by telling how, when, where, why, under what conditions, or to what
degree.

Verb
The girls ran quickly but
happily through the puddle.
Adjective
Adverb
Students are often
entertained and sometimes Stan can discuss the English
confused, but never bored in language very thoroughly.
that class.
Conjunction
A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.

F. A. N. B. O. Y. S. The Rams made the Super Bowl, but they got help from the officials.

For The Patriots have won five Super Bowls, yet the Steelers have won
six.
And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So
Interjection
a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by an exclamation point.