Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Major source: Wikipedia

2. Adjectives • An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun, usually by describing it or making its meaning more specific. • Articles are sometimes separated out as a different part of speech.

3. Adverbs • An adverb modifies any other part of language except for nouns: verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. • Adverbs typically answer such questions as how?, when?, where?, in what way?, or how often?

4. Conjunctions • A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, phrases or clauses together. • Coordinating conjunctions join two items of equal syntactic importance. (and, but, for) • Subordinating conjunctions introduce a dependent clause. (after, although, if, unless, because)

5. Interjections • An interjection usually has no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence and simply expresses emotion on the part of the speaker.

6. Nouns • A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. • A proper noun names a particular person, place or thing and is capitalized.

7. Prepositions • A preposition is a word that tells you where a mouse can go. • It introduces a phrase showing temporal, spatial or logical relationships.

8. Pronouns • A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase. • They come in different types: personal, indefinite (both, each, no one), demonstrative (those), relative (who, which), interrogative.

9. Verbs • A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. • Action verbs may have direct objects. (He read the paper.) • Linking verbs may have a predicate. (He is president. This tastes good. I feel good.) • Helping verbs: to be, to have.