Part of Speech:

How a word is used in a sentence determines its part of speech.

Definition

Examples

Questions we use to figure out a part of speech

Noun 

A word that names a person, place, thing, idea or process/activity

Dr. Parsons, student, professor, rabbits, steak, potatoes, school, house, computer, swimming (an activity), sewing (an activity)

Who?

What?

Pronoun

 

A word that takes the place of a noun

He, she, it, we, you, they, him, her, they

Who?

What?

Verb

 

A word that shows action or

that has the same meaning as the word “equal”

Runs, studies, talks, thinks, sleeps, is, are, was, will be

 

Adjective

 

A word that describes a noun or pronoun

Ten fingers                 

Little money        The tall man

Red wagon           Ally's dog

How many? How much?

Which one? What kind?

Whose?

Adverb

 

A word that describes a verb, adjective or adverb

Slowly moved

Study today

Went home

Very tired

How?  When?

Where? Why?

To what extent or degree?

Under what condition?

Conjunction

 

A word that connects or joins words, phrases or sentences

But, or, so, yet, for, and, nor, because, when, since, that

Hint for coordinating conjunctions: Boys Fan

(but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor)

Preposition

 

A word that establishes a relationship between two words in the sentence

In, on, to, from, around, with, for, up, down:

the man in the red house

The preposition "in" relates the man to the house, showing that the two nouns have something to do with one another.

 

Interjection

 

A word that shows emotion and is often followed by an exclamation point

Hey!

Wow!

Oh!

 

 

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