Grammar: 8 Parts of Speech

a word used to identify people, places, things, or ideas

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• pronoun

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4C

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

• pronoun

• adjective

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4C

a word that substitutes for a noun or a noun phrase

• adverb

• adjective

• interjection

• pronoun

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

a word used to connect clauses, sentences, phrases, or words

• interjection

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

(Preposition) May I sit between you two?

• between 
• you 
• two 
• may

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

(Conjunction) I like peanuts and potato chips.  

• like
• peanuts
• chips 
• and 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

(Conjunction) He wants to buy the house, yet he knows it is too expensive.  

• yet
• too
• expensive 
• wants

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1G

(Interjection) No! I will never try that.  

• will
• never
• No
• that

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

(Pronoun) Can Jerry help him with the science project?

• Jerry
• science
• him 
• help

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.3.1A

(Noun) She purchased the margarine with him.

• purchased
• with
• him
• margarine 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E