Parts of Speech Definitions

a person, place, thing, or idea

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• adjective

• article

takes the place of a noun

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• adjective

• article

expresses an action or state of being

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• adjective

• article

describes a noun

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• adjective

• article

comes before a noun (a, an, the)

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• adjective

• article

modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb

• adverb

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• subject

joins words, phrases, or clauses

• adverb

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• subject

shows the relationship between two nouns

*anything an airplane can do to a cloud

• adverb

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• subject

a word or phrase inserted into a sentence that expresses strong emotion (!)

• adverb

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• subject

tells who or what a sentence is mainly about

• adverb

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• subject