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Eight Parts of Speech
NounsPronouns
Adjectives Adverbs
Adverbs
ConjunctionsConjunctions
Prepositions
Verbs
InterjectionsInterjections
Singular Possessive Nouns
Singular Possessive Noun
The boy’s toy.
The girl’s new dog.
Plural Possessive Noun
The boys’ toy.
The girls’ new dog.
A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a
statement
LinkingLinking
“be” verbs&
tastefeel
soundlook
appearbecome
seemgrow
remainstay
SubjectSubject
predicatepredicate
Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs express mental or
physical action.
Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the
subject with a word that describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to victory.
He has been sick.
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Personal Pronouns
I, me, mine
you, your, yours
she, her, hers,
it, its
we,us, our, ours
they, them, their,
theirs
myself
yourself
Indefinite Pronounsanybody
eacheithernone
someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronounswhowhomwhat
whichwhose
Demonstrative Pronounsthisthat
thesethose
Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Did you lose your addressbook?
Answers these questions:
Modifies or describesa verb, an adjective,or another adverb.
Modifies or describesa verb, an adjective,or another adverb.
Answers the questions:Answers the questions:
How?How?He ran quickly.He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.She left yesterday.When?When?
We went there.We went there. Where?Where?
It was too hot!It was too hot! To what degree or how much?To what degree or how much?
InterrogativeAdverbs
introduce questionsHow did you break your
leg?
When does your plane leave?
How often do you run?
Where did you put the mouse trap?
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that thepreposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.
The preposition never stands alone!
prepositionnoun
pronoun
object ofpreposition
preposition object
can have more thanone object
object can have modifiers
You can press those leaves under glass.
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
It happened during the last examination.
Some Common Prepositions
aboardaboutaboveacrossafter
against alongamongaround
atbefore
behindbelow
beneathbeside
betweenbeyond
bydown during except
for
fromin
intolikeofoffon
overpastsince
through
throughoutto
towardunder
underneathuntilup
uponwith
withinwithout
The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins wordsor groups of words.
and
or
buteither/or
neither/nor