0Parts of Speech
- Definition
- Example
- Words
NOUN
A person, place, or thing.
Example:
Dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John.
VERB
Action or a state of being. A verb is an action word.
Example:
Be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must.
ADJECTIVE
A quality or a quantity of a noun.
Example:
Some, good, big, red, two, few, interesting.
ADVERB
Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Example:
Quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really.
PRONOUN
Stands in for a noun.
Example:
You, he, she, we, they, your.
PREPOSITION
Links a noun to another word.
Example:
To, at, after, on, before, around, over, of, in, for, with, throughout, from, beneath.
CONJUNCTION
Joins words, clauses, and sentences. Joins two sentences using the coordinator.
Example:
And, but, when, or, however, although, nevertheless, therefore, yet, so.
INTERJECTION
Short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence.
Example:
oh, ouch, hi, well.
| Example Sentences | ANSWER (Part of Speech) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouch! That hurts! | Hi! How are you? | Well, I don't know. | Interjection |
| I like dogs andI like cats. | I like cats ordogs. | I like dogs, but I don't like cats. | Conjunction |
| Tara is smart. She is going to college three years early. | George wants his paper back. | Rashad wants a book, so he goes to the library. | Pronoun |
| Facebook.com is a website. | I likeFacebook.com. | I check my Facebook every day. | Verb |
| This is my dog. | He lives in my house. | We live in London. | Noun |
| We went toschool onMonday. | Please look under the bed | The book is about a boy who gets lost inthe woods. | Preposition |
| My dog is big. | I like big dogs. | My bigGerman Shepherd is betterthan your tinyChihuahua. | Adjective |
| My dog eats quickly. | When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly. | I often get out of bed slowly. | Adverb |
