Parts of Speech

...are words that name people, places, things or ideas

• VERBS

• NOUNS

• PRONOUNS

What part of speech is the blue word?

My father drives well.

• Adjective

• Adverb

Verbs are words which

• express emotion

• show action or being

• hook or join words or phrases

• indicate time, place or position

...are words that indicate place, time, and position

• VERBS

• PREPOSITIONS

• NOUNS

...are words which express emotions or are "fillers" in sentences

• Nouns

• conjunctions

• verbs

• interjections

...are words which hook or join words, sentences or phrases.

• NOUNS

• CONJUNCTIONS

• VERBS

• PREPOSITIONS

...are words which describe nouns and pronouns.

• Adjectives

• Conjunctions

• Prepositions

• Nouns

are words which describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

• NOUNS

• VERBS

• ADVERBS

• CONJUNCTIONS

...are words which take the place of nouns.

• Nouns

• Pronouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

Examples of ADVERBS

• and, for, yet,or,nor

• not, almost, too, very

• pretty, old, nice, blue