Parts of Speech

Short exclamations with no real grammatical value (oh, well, dear, er)

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Pronouns

• Interjections

• Adverbs

Action word, express what is happening (do, work). Express a state (be, have).

• Conjunctions

• Verbs

• Pronouns

• Nouns

• Prepositions

Small words like you, ours, some that can take the place of a noun.

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Pronouns

• Interjections

• Prepositions

Expresses the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word (at, in, from).

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Interjections

• Prepositions

Represent people (teacher, Mary), places (town, Asia) and things (table, music).

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Conjunctions

• Prepositions

A word that tells us more about a noun (big, red, expensive).

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Interjections

• Pronouns

Tells more about verbs, adjectives or adverbs (loudly, really, extremely).

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Verbs

• Pronouns

Join two parts of a sentence (and, but, though).

• Conjunctions

• Nouns

• Prepositions

• Interjections

• Pronouns

I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

What part of speech is beautiful?

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Pronouns

• Interjections

• Prepositions

If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

What part of speech is quickly?

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Pronouns

• Interjections

• Adverbs