Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Noun: Is a name of a Person, Place, Things,or Ideas.

Examples:

Courage, friendship, Hobbit, Marie, Perseus

In a Hole in the ground there live a Hobbit.

The Nouns in the sentence are: Hole, ground and Hobbit


Verbs: A verb is an action word or doing word.

Examples:

run, walk, sleep,think, is, has

Marie ran quickly

The verb in the sentence is: ran


Pronouns: A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun.

Examples:

He, She, It, They, We, You, I

Apple gave Him the ring.

The pronoun in the sentence is: Him.

Adjectives: An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun

Examples:

dusty, quiet, tasty

They followed the slanting path.

The adjective in the sentence is: slanting

Adverbs: An adverb is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

Examples:

Bravely, soon, mysteriously

Bilbo walked very stealthily into Smaug's cave

The adverb in the sentence is: stealthily

Conjunctions: a conjunction is a word that combines 2 parts of a sentence.

Examples: And, but, so,

The ring held huge power, and it had to be destroyed.

The conjunction in the sentence is: and

Prepositions: A preposition is a word that shows relationships between words.

Examples:

on, off, around, through, above, near, at,and by.

Interjection: A interjection is the word that expresses Emotions. An Interjection often starts a sentence but it can be contained within a sentence or can stand alone.

Examples:

Oh, Wow, Hurray, uhh, ah, and eh.