Parts of Speech Terms Definitions

A person, place, thing, or idea. 

• Pronoun
• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

A word that describes a noun.

• Article
• Adverb
• Preposition
• Adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

A word that will replace nouns to avoid repetition.

• Verb
• Article
• Adverb
• Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

A word that expresses an action or state of being.  

• Noun
• Pronouns
• Verb
• Adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Words that describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

• Preposition
• Adverb
• Noun
• Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Show the relationship between an object and the other words.

• Preposition
• Noun
• Pronoun
• Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Joins together words or groups of words that have the same function in a sentence. 

• Interjection
• Conjunction
• Nouns
• Pronouns

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

A word that shows excitement or emotion. They are set apart from the rest of the sentence by an exclamation point or a comma.

• Adjective
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Interjection

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

Answers the questions-which one? What kind? And how many? About the words that describe.

• Conjunction
• Adverb
• Adjective
• Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The acronym FANBOYS helps you to identify this part of speech.  

• Interjections
• Preposition
• Adjective
• Conjunctions

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E