Parts of Speech

A word used to refer to a person, a place, a thing, or an idea

• Verb

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Adverb

Shows position, direction, or how two words/ideas are related to each other

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Adverb

• Pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun

• Conjuction

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Pronoun

Modifies an adjective, a verb, a clause, or adverb

• Noun

• Preposition

• Interjection

• Adverb

Joins sentences, words, or clauses

• Prepositions

• Conjunctions

• Adjectives

• Verbs

Describes the quality and quantity of a noun or a pronoun

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Adjective

• Adverb

Identify all the nouns in this sentence.

The boy and girl were holding hands.

• holding

• boy

• girl

• were

• hands

Identify all the conjunctions in this sentence.

I want either the cheesecake or the chocolate cake.

• want

• or

• cake

• either

• cheesecake

Identify all the pronouns in this sentence.

This is the lady who helped me.

• This

• who

• me

• helped

• lady

Identify all the adverbs in this sentence.

The rain fell hard during the storm.

• rain

• fell

• hard

• storm

• during