Parts of Speech

How many parts of speech are there in English?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

a word used to identify people, places, things, or ideas

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• pronoun

• adverb

a word used to describe an action

• pronoun

• adjective

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

a word that modifies a verb

• conjunction

• adjective

• interjection

• preposition

• adverb

a word that substitutes for a noun

• adverb

• adjective

• interjection

• pronoun

• noun

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

• interjection

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

a word expressing a location to another word

• interjection

• preposition

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

a word that expresses emotion, surprise

• verb

• noun

• interjection

• conjunction

• adverb

What part of speech usually ends in

"-ly"?

• interjection

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

What 2 parts of speech can numbers be?

• noun

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

• adjective