Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

What are they?

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Where do we find parts of speech?

• Verbs

• Interjections

• Pronouns

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Conjuctions

• Prepositions

Verbs

Show actions or states

Interjections

Short exclamations, fillers.

Pronouns

Replace nouns

Nouns

Things, places, people, animals...

Adjectives

Describe nouns

Adverbs

Describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

Conjuctions

Join clauses or sentences

Prepositions

Used with nouns, pronouns, gerunds, other words to show reference in place, time, and direction in sentences.