Parts of Speech

8 Parts of Speech:
• Verb
• Noun
• Pronoun
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Interjection

NITJ
Verb
A word that shows an action or a state.

Joey goes to the coffee house every

day.

Ross is a professor.

NITJ
Noun
It is the name given to a person, animal, thing, feeling,
or idea.

Rachel went to Wales for vacation with her

family this summer.

Nouns can also be animals: lion, deer

Noun can be a thing: watch, pen
Noun can be a feeling: love, anger

NITJ
Pronoun
A word that replaces a noun in a sentence.

Monica is in the apartment with Monica’s husband.

Monica really enjoys spending time with Monica’s
husband.

Subject Pronouns: I, you, we, they, he, she, it

Object Pronouns: Me, you, us, them, him, her, it

They are used in a sentence in the place of a noun to

avoid repetition, and sound more natural.

NITJ
Adjectives
A word that gives us information about a noun or
pronoun.

Chandler flew on an amazing big white airplane.

Opinion
Size
Colour
Type
etc

NITJ
Adverb
Words that give information about a verb, but they
can also give information about an adjective and
another adverb.

Yesterday evening, we walked a little slowly in a very

beautiful garden.

When?
How?
In what way?
etc

NITJ
Preposition
These words help us to show relationships in time,
place and position.

I will see you in the classroom on Monday.

In
On
At
By
From
With
Before
After NITJ
Conjunctions
They help to connect ideas, nouns, verbs, even
sentences: and, but, or, so, because.

Joey and Chandler are best friends.

I am not going to school these days because the

government has implemented a countrywide
lockdown.

The government has implemented a countrywide

lockdown so I am not going to school these days

NITJ
Interjection
These are words in a sentence that have no real
meaning, they depict sudden emotions and
exclamations.

Ouch! The pin pricked my finger.

Wow!
Ouch!
Oops!
Hey!
Hi!
Etc
NITJ
Overview

POS Definition POS Definition

Verb A word that shows an Adverbs Words that give information
action or a state. about a verb, an adjective,
and another adverb.
Noun It is the name given to a Prepositions These words help us to
person, animal, thing, show relationships in time,
feeling, or idea. place and position.
Pronoun A word that replaces a Conjunctions They help to connect ideas,
noun in a sentence. nouns, verbs, even
sentences.
Adjectives A word that gives us Interjections These are words in a
information about a sentence that have no real
noun or pronoun. meaning, they depict sudden
emotions and exclamations.

NITJ