Parts of Speech: Definitions and Examples

What is the definition of noun?

• names a person, place, thing, or idea

• joins words or groups of words

• expresses action or being

• modifies (describes) a verb

• expresses feeling or emotion

What is the definition of pronoun?

• names a person, place, thing or idea

• modifies (describes) a noun

• joins words or groups of words in a sentence

• takes the place of a noun or nouns

• modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the definition of adjective?

• modifies (describes) a verb, an adjective, or an adverb

• shows the relationship between an object to another word in the sentence

• modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun

• expresses action or being

• expresses feeling or emotion

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the definition of conjunction?

• expresses action or being

• expresses feeling or emotion

• joins words or groups of words in a sentence

• shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence

• takes the place of a noun or nouns in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What is the definition of verb?

• expresses feeling or emotion

• expresses action or being

• joins words or groups of words in a sentence

• names a person, place, thing, or idea

• modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or another adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

What is the definition of adverb?

• modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun

• shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence

• joins words or groups of words in a sentence

• modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or another adverb

• expresses feeling or emotion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the definition of preposition?

• shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence

• names a person, place, thing, or idea

• modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun

• modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or another adverb

• expresses feeling or emotion

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

What is the definition of interjection?

• names a person, place, thing, or idea

• expresses action or being

• joins words or groups of words in a sentence

• takes the place of a noun or pronoun

• expresses feeling or emotion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

The dog barked. (barked)

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Larry swam faster than Paul. (faster)

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G