Parts of Speech

Nouns

Person, place, thing or idea. Basically, if you can think of it, in fact, if it is an it, it’s a noun.

Examples include:

George Washington

Washington D.C.

The White House

Freedom

(the above examples are also proper nouns)

Verbs

Verbs are “action” words, or doing words. Anything that requires action is a verb.

Examples include:

run

jump

skip

Adjectives vs. Adverbs

Unless you play a lot of Mad Libs, you probably have some confusion about the difference between adjectives and adverbs. Here’s a quick way to remember: an adverb describes a verb. Most adverbs end in “ly.” Adjectives describe nouns.

Examples include:

adjectives adverbs

blue quickly

beautiful gingerly

sticky carefully

Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun- one that you use instead of the noun.

Examples include he, she, they, it.

Preposition

A preposition usually indicates the placement of a noun- beneath, on, over, etc.

Conjunctions

Remember those fun Schoolhouse Rock videos from grade school? The one with the

train cars connecting to each other has to do with conjunctions. Conjunctions are

connection words- and, when, for, etc.

Interjections

Interjections are often things that are yelled, and are often followed closely by an

exclamation point.

Examples include:

Ouch!

Hey!

Goodness!