Parts of Speech

a word used to connect clauses, sentences, phrases, or words

• interjection

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

a word that substitutes for a noun or a noun phrase

• adverb

• adjective

• interjection

• pronoun

• noun

tells what someone or something does

• action verb

• adjective

• linking verb

• adverb

a person, place, thing, or idea

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• article

special adjectives that come in front of a noun (a, an, the)

• article

• noun

• adverb

• conjunction

goes before an action verb. There are 23 of these.

• adjective

• helping verb

• linking verb

• adverb

words or phrases that are used to show the emotion of a speaker

• adjective

• interjection

• adverb

• verb

Which word is a noun?

• run

• freedom

• hop

• brave

Which word is NOT a pronoun?

• he

• horse

• they

• she

Which word is NOT a verb?

• was

• walk

• laugh

• dog