Parts of Speech-Definitions and Sentences

What word means a person, place, thing, or idea?

Examples: John, table, piano, love

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

What word shows action or a state of being?

Examples: baked, run, walks, was

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

What word describes a noun?

Examples: old, busy, hungry, this, new

• conjunction

• adjective

• verb

• interjection

What word takes the place of a noun?

Examples: you, they, his, we, mine

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• pronoun

What word usually shows emotions and has an exclamation point or comma after it?

Examples: Wow! Bravo! Hi,, Eek!

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• verb

A word that shows how a noun (or pronoun) is related to other words in a sentence.

Examples: at, over, up, during, through, until, in

• noun
• adjective
• pronoun
• preposition

What word describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb?

Examples: quickly, early, loudly, always, fast

• noun

• verb

• pronoun

• adverb

What word connects words, phrases or sentences? (HINT: Fanboys)

Examples: and, or, when, so while, yet, because

• verb

• pronoun

• interjection

• conjunction

• noun

What is the noun in this sentence: She can play the piano very well!

• She

• piano

• play

• well

What is the verb in this sentence: Mom baked a cake for my birthday.

• Mom

• baked

• cake

• birthday