Parts of Speech by Rohrbach, Rebekkah N.

What is a part of Speech?

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A part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.

Noun

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A person, place, thing, or idea

Person Examples

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Suzie, Jill, Michael, Rebekkah, Nicholas, Anna

Place Examples

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Walmart, Giant, Harrisburg, Bloomsburg, Hawaii

Thing Examples

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Computer, pencil, pen, marker, notebook

Idea Examples

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Love, joy, happiness, friendship, freedom

Pronoun

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A word that is used in place of a noun

Pronoun Examples

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I, her, him, it, you, my, mine

Verb

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A word that shows action, shows what your noun is doing

Verb Examples

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Baked, run, drove, drive, swim

Adjective

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A descriptive word, describes your noun

Adjective Example

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Kind, smart, fancy, caring, good, mean

Adverb

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A word that modifies your verb, describes the action of your verb

Adverb examples

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Quickly, very, quiet, fast, slow

Preposition

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A word that links your noun and pronoun, a placement word

Preposition Example

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In, on, at, before, after, into, from

Conjunction

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Word that joins phrases and sentences.

Conjunction Examples

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For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Interjection

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Shows spontaneous feelings or emotions

Interjection Examples

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Wow! Oh! Hey! Oops! Awh! Argh! Ouch!

Parts of Speech Song

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