Grammar - Parts of Speech & Parts/Types of a Sentence

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

• verb

• noun

• simple sentence

• independent clause

A word that expresses an action or a state of being; this describes what someone is being or doing

• interjection

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

A word that describes a noun or a pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection

A word that takes the place of one or more nouns

• conjunction

• pronoun

• interjection

• noun

A word that describes a verb or an adjective

• adverb

• complex sentence

• indirect object

• direct object

A word that connects words or a group of words together

• conjunction

• preposition

• prepositional phrase

• interjection

A word that shows strong emotion or surprise

• dependent clause

• prepositional phrase

• article

• interjection

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in the sentence (often a directional word)

• interjection

• conjunction

• preposition

• adverb

A word that comes before a noun to identify the noun; there are three of these in English

• preposition

• article

• compound sentence

• dependent clause

The person, place, or thing that is performing the action of a sentence; it is the word that is being or doing something

• subject

• verb

• direct object

• indirect object