Parts of Speech

Types of Parts of speech

Noun

Pronoun

Verb

Adverb

Adjective

Preposition

Conjunction

Interjection

Noun

a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun).

Pronoun

a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this).

Adverb

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there).

Adjective

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

Preposition

a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in ‘the man on the platform’, ‘she arrived after dinner’, ‘what did you do it for?’.

Conjunction

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if).

Interjection

Interjections are words used to express strong feeling or sudden emotion.

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A part of speech that takes the place of a noun is called

• verb

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

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A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun is called

• verb

• conjunction

• adjective

• adverb

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A part of speech that shows ACTION is called

• pronoun

• noun

• verb

• adverb

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What is a noun?

• Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
• An Action or State of Being
• Modifies a Noun or Pronoun
• Modifies a Verb, Adjective, or Adverb

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What is an adverb?

• Person, Place, Thing or Idea
• An Action or State of Being
• Modifies a Noun or Pronoun
• Modifies a Verb, Adjective, or Adverb

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These are connecting words that join words, phrases and clauses.

• Interjection
• Conjunction
• Article
• Preposition

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These words interrupt sentences with their strong emotions.

• Interjection
• Conjunction
• Article
• Preposition

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These words show relationships between nouns and pronouns.

• Interjection
• Conjunction
• Article
• Preposition

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
The marble fell down the drain.

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
The shiny quarter caught her eye.

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
Andrew ran quickly to his seat.

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
Jaime forgot her pencil.

• Noun
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Pronoun

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
Wow! I can't believe that actually happened!

• Conjunction
• Interjection
• Preposition
• Noun

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
I like pizza and ice cream.

• Conjunction
• Interjection
• Preposition
• Verb

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
The cat is hiding under the sofa.

• Conjunction
• Interjection
• Preposition
• Pronoun

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Identify the green word's part of speech.
Sarah was completely exhausted.

• Action Verb
• Linking Verb
• Adverb
• Adjective

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What word in the sentence below is a preposition?

The balloon flew high in the sky and popped.

• the

• flew

• in

• and

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What word in the sentence below is a conjunction?

The balloon flew high in the sky and popped.

• the

• in

• and

• flew

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What word in the sentence below is an adverb?

The balloon flew high in the sky and popped.

• balloon

• flew

• high

• popped

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What words in the sentence below are nouns?

The balloon flew high in the sky and popped.

• balloon, sky

• flew, popped

• high, in

• sky, and

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Find the verb: The kittens meowed at the big, bad dog.

• kittens
• meowed
• big
• bad

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Find the adjective:  The baby slowly walked over to his fuzzy blanket.

• baby
• slowly
• fuzzy
• blanket

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What is the pronoun in this sentence?

My teacher read us a story about children in the past.

• teacher

• us

• children

• from

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What part of speech is the underlined word:

Amman is the capital of Jordan.

• adjective

• common noun

• proper noun

• pronoun

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The fluffy cat fell gracefully off his perch and onto the ground.
ONTO is a:

• verb
• conjunction
• preposition
• adverb

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The words LIBERTY, WASHINGTON, DOG, and IDEA are 

• nouns
• pronouns
• verbs
• prepositions

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A part of speech that shows emotions is called 

• conjunction
• preposition
• interjection
• verb

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The words HE, HER, WE, and I are 

• verbs
• adverbs
• nouns
• pronouns

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Identify the PROPER NOUN in the following sentence: "When Elaine knocked those kids down the stairs, the line outside the office stretched halfway to the cafeteria."

• knocked

• stairs

• Elaine

• office

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The bus took them to Wall Street, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, and many other incredibly fascinating places.

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection

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The next day the Osakas decided to go to the top of the Empire State Building.

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection

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The next day the Osakas decided to go to the top of the Empire State Building.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

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Oh, the view was spectacular!

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection

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Oh, the view was spectacular!

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

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The sky was unusually clear; they could see as fas a Connecticut!

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection

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That evening, they ate a quaint restaurant that serves delicious Chinese food.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

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Afterward, they went to Radio City Music Hall, where an elaborate stage show entertained them.

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection

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Afterward, they went to Radio City Music Hall, where an elaborate stage show entertained them.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

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On their third day of sightseeing, the Osakas visited the Statue of Liberty.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

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The Osakas enjoyed New York so much that they wanted to come back, so they decided to visit again on their next vacation.

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection