ESL Parts of Speech

A part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea is called 

• noun
• verb
• preposition
• adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A part of speech that takes a place of a noun is called 

• verb
• pronoun
• adjective
• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun is called 

• verb
• conjunction
• adjective
• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

A part of speech that shows action or state of being is called

• pronoun
• noun
• verb
• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

A part of speech that answers questions WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT CONDITION OF SUBJECT? is called 

• verb
• adverb
• adjective
• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

A part of speech that answers questions WHEN? WHY? WHERE? HOW? UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS? is called 

• adverb
• adjective
• preposition
• interjection

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The words WITH, ABOUT, OF, ABOVE are 

• nouns
• pronouns
• verbs
• prepositions

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

A part of speech that connects words or word groups is called 

• preposition
• interjection
• adjective 
• conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

A part of speech that shows emotions is called 

• conjunction
• preposition
• interjection
• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

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• preposition
• conjunction
• interjection
• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A