The 8 Parts of Speech : The 8 Parts of Speech
Nouns : Nouns A noun is a person, a place, or a thing.
Jimmy read a book in the park.
Jimmy is a noun because it is a person’s name.
Book is a noun because it is a thing.
Park is a noun because it is a place.
Pronouns : Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
John rode on John’s tractor.
New sentence: John rode on his tractor.
His takes the place of John’s to make the sentence sound better.
Adjectives : Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
The tall man went into the restaurant.
Tall is an adjective. It describes a noun, man.
Verbs : A verb is a word that shows what something or someone is doing.
Mary sleeps on the couch.
Sleeps is a verb because it shows what Mary does. Verbs
Adverbs : Adverbs An adverb can tell how, when, or where an action happened.
Jason quickly read the book.
How did Jason read? Quickly.
Conjunctions : Conjunctions Conjunctions connect words, phrases, clauses, or even entire sentences.
Grapes are purple or green.
Or is the conjunction. It connects purple and green.
Prepositions : Prepositions Prepositions are words that specify place, direction or time.
The ball rolled under the table.
Under is a preposition because it specifies place.
Interjections : Interjections Interjections express feelings or emotions. They are at the beginning of a sentence followed by ! or ,
Sorry, I didn’t mean to step on your toe.
Sorry is an interjection. It is at the beginning of the sentence and it expresses a feeling.
Slide 10 : Wow! The red and blue birds fly fast in the sky with their wings.
THE END : THE END Thank you