Parts of Speech Definitions

________ = connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences

• conjunctions

• nouns

• verbs

• interjections

________ = Describes a noun

• nouns

• adjectives

• pronouns

• interjections

_______ = people, places, and things (and animals)

• verbs

• adverbs

• nouns

• articles

_____ = Show action or being

• nouns

• pronouns

• conjunctions

• verbs

_______ = show relationships between words in a sentence

• prepositions

• conjunctions

• adverbs

• verbs

_____ = exclamations that express strong feelings

• articles

• nouns

• interjections

• pronouns

_______ = describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

• verbs

• articles

• adverbs

• adjectives

_______ = signal that a noun is going to follow

• adjectives

• articles

• nouns

• verbs

________ = take the place of a noun

• verbs

• prepositions

• pronouns

• interjections