Parts of Speech (Terms & Definitions)

A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

• conjunction

• preposition

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

An interrupting word or a word that shows strong emotion.

• conjunction

• interjection

• pronoun

• article

• adverb

A person, place, thing, or idea.

• adjective

• verb

• noun

• article

• preposition

A word that shows action.

• verb

• interjection

• article

• conjunction

• adverb

A word that introduces or points to a noun such as a, an, or the.

• preposition

• noun

• article

• adjective

• verb

A word that joins other words, phrases, or clauses together.

• article

• preposition

• adverb

• pronoun

• conjunction

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

• noun

• article

• adverb

• verb

• preposition

A word that shows direction or placement (over, under, above, below).

• adjective

• conjunction

• verb

• noun

• preposition

A word that takes the place of a noun.

• pronoun

• article

• verb

• conjunction

• interjection

A strategy to help you remember the parts of speech--we call him the Parts of Speech Detective.

• Sherlock Holmes

• Ironman

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• James Bond

• Scooby Doo