Parts of Speech

How many parts of speech are there in English?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 1

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

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

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• pronoun

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RI.8.4

a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun, to modify or describe it

• adverb

• adjective

• interjection

• pronoun

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

• pronoun

• adjective

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

a word that modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

• conjunction

• adjective

• interjection

• preposition

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

a word that substitutes for a noun or a noun phrase

• adverb

• adjective

• interjection

• pronoun

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

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

• interjection

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a word expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• interjection

• preposition

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a word that expresses emotion

• verb

• noun

• interjection

• conjunction

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

What part of speech usually ends in

"-ly"?

• interjection

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition