Parts of Speech

​Parts of Speech

By Joshua Sampson

The Parts of Speech

In grammar, there are 8 parts of speech.

The 8 parts of speech are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

There are sometimes a few additional: determiners and articles.

Nouns

Nouns are a person, place, or thing.

Examples include house, dog, car, freedom, and spirit.

Pronouns

Pronouns are any words that take the place of a person or thing.

Examples include he, him, they, them, she, her, it, and I.

Verbs

Verbs are action words.

Action words are just that: an action. Examples include running, jumping, standing, loving, and hiking.

Adjectives

Adjectives modify nouns.

Examples include blue, tall, hairy, and ripe.

Adverbs

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs, or sentneces.

Examples include rudely, quite, outside, quickly, and anxiously.

Prepositions

Prepositions can show relationships and tell us location.

Examples include at, on, to, underneath, after, and over.

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are joiners, and connect clauses together.

Examples include and, but, or, when, while, and

Interjections

Interjections are anything exclamatory.

Examples include oh! ow! wow! what!

Multiple Choice

I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

• Preposition

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

Multiple Choice

She quickly packed her bag and left.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

He bought them a new football.

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Conjunction

• Verb

Multiple Choice

I left my shoes under the kitchen table.

• Adjective

• Noun

• Preposition

• Pronoun

Multiple Choice

If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

• adverb

• conjunction

• verb

• adjective

Multiple Choice

On Saturdays I work from nine to five.

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

• conjunction

Multiple Choice

I want to go to a university in the United States.

• adjective

• preposition

• noun

• pronoun

Multiple Choice

Well! I don't think I'll be home before 6.

• interjection

• preposition

• pronoun

• conjunction

Multiple Choice

Andy knocked on the door, but nobody answered.

• adverb

• adjective

• conjunction

• contraction

Multiple Choice

After lunch let's go out for a coffee.

• pronoun

• preposition

• verb

• noun

Multiple Choice

Person, place, thing or idea.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Preposition

• Adverb

Multiple Choice

Words that modify nouns or pronouns

• Adjective
• Noun
• Verb
• Preposition
• Adverb