Author: snorris

PARTS OF SPEECH

Nouns
A noun is the name of a person, place or thing

Pronouns
A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence

Verbs
A verb can tell what action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express a state of being.
Action: jump, sit, talk, as
State of being: am, is, was, are, were

Adjectives
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. An adjective tells what kind, how many or which one.
The words a, an, and the belong to a
special group of adjectives called articles. An article can be used before a noun in a
sentence.

Adverb
An adverb describes a verb,
adjective, or another adverb.
An adverb tells how, when, where, or to what degree.
How: quickly
When: today
Where: outside
What Degree: barely

Preposition
A preposition is a word (or group of words) that shows position, direction, or how two words or ideas are related to each other.
from to until over
with after beside about past inside

Conjunction
A conjunction joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence.
and but or nor because so

Interjection
An interjection expresses strong feeling or emotion. It can be a single word or phrase.
Ouch! Ugh! Look out! My goodness!