The 8 Parts of Speech

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Nouns Pronouns
Adjectives Verbs
Adverbs Conjunctions
Prepositions Interjections
Nouns

A noun is a person, a place, or a thing.

Ex. Jimmy read a book in the park.

Jimmy is a noun because it is a person’s name.
Book is a noun because it is a thing.
Park is a noun because it is a place.
 Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Ex. John rode on John’s tractor.

New sentence: John rode on his tractor.
His takes the place of John’s to make the sentence sound better.
Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Ex. The tall man went into the restaurant.

Tall is an adjective. It describes a noun, man.
Verbs

A verb is a word that shows what something or someone is doing.

Ex. Mary sleeps on the couch.

Sleeps is a verb because it shows what Mary does.
Adverbs

An adverb can tell how, when, or where an action happened.

Ex. Jason quickly read the book.

How did Jason read? Quickly.
Conjunctions

Conjunctions connect words, phrases, clauses, or even entire sentences.

Ex. Grapes are purple or green.

Or is the conjunction. It connects purple and green.
Prepositions

Prepositions are words that specify place, direction or time.

Ex. The ball rolled under the table.

Under is a preposition because it specifies place.
 Interjections

Interjections express feelings or emotions. They are at the beginning of a sentence

followed by ! or ,

Ex. Sorry, I didn’t mean to step on your toe.

Sorry is an interjection. It is at the beginning of the sentence and it
expresses a feeling.
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