Parts of Speech A1

a word that describes a noun or a pronoun

• adjective
• verb
• noun
• coordinating conjunction

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.  Generally ends in 
-ly.

• adverb
• adjective
• proper noun
• preposition

a word, or set of words, that indicates location or some other relationship between and noun or pronoun and the other parts of the city.

• verb
• proper noun
• preposition
• adjective

action word

• adverb
• verb
• adjective
• preoposition

person, place, or thing

• coordinating conjunction
• noun
• verb
• proper noun

a specific person, place, or thing.  Must be capitalized!

• noun
• proper noun
• verb
• adjective

a word that takes the place of a noun 

• noun
• pronoun
• coordinating conjunction
• subordinating conjunction

joins together words, phrases, and independent clauses.

• noun
• verb
• coordinating conjunction
• proper noun

introduces a dependent clause, tying it to an independent clause.

• pronoun
• proper noun
• subordinating conjunction
• adverb

after, although, as, now, when, which, whoever

• subordinating conjunction
• pronoun
• coordinating conjunction
• preposition