Parts of Speech for Final

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

Words that modify nouns or pronouns.

• pronouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• prepositions

Words that show an action or a state of being.

• verb

• noun

• pronoun

• adverb

Words that take the place of nouns.

• pronouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• prepositions

Words that modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

• conjunctions

Words that connect other words, phrases, or clauses.

• preposition

• adverb

• interjection

• conjunction

Words that show emotion.

• adjectives

• interjections

• conjunctions

• adverbs

Words that describe a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another element in the sentence.

• preposition

• conjunction

• adverb

• interjection

What does a conjunction do?

• It joins words, phrases and clauses.

• It describes a noun.

• It lets you know a noun is coming up in the sentence.

• It connects a noun to another noun in the sentence.

What does a pronoun do?

• It describes adjectives, adverbs and verbs.

• It names a person, place, thing or idea.

• It takes the place of a noun.

• It tells you what nouns do or are.