Parts of Speech

Noun

• used to describe a person, place, or thing

• used to describe an action

• a person, place, or thing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Verb

• expresses an action or being

• used in the place of a noun

• modifies or describes a person, place, or thing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

pronoun

• an action or being

• modifies or describes a person, place, or thing

• used in place of a noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

adjective

• used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun

• placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase

• an action word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

adverb

• used in place of a noun

• joins words, phrases, or clauses

• modifies or describes a verb or adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

preposition

• joins words, phrases, or clauses

• a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase

• a person, place, or thing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

conjunction

• joins words, phrases, or clauses

• a word used to express emotion

• a person, place, or thing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

interjection

• an action word

• a person, place, or thing

• a word used to express emotion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

Which one of these is a noun?

• Clemson University

• Running

• They

• Writing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which one of these is a verb?

• She

• Young

• Jump

• Then

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D