Parts of Speech

A part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea is called 

• noun
• verb
• preposition
• adjective

A part of speech that takes a place of a noun is called 

• verb
• pronoun
• adjective
• adverb

A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun is called 

• verb
• conjunction
• adjective
• adverb

A part of speech that shows action or state of being is called

• pronoun
• noun
• verb
• adverb

A part of speech that answers questions WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT CONDITION OF SUBJECT? is called 

• verb
• adverb
• adjective
• noun

A part of speech that answers questions WHEN? WHY? WHERE? HOW? UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS? is called 

• adverb
• adjective
• preposition
• interjection

The words WITH, ABOUT, OF, ABOVE are 

• nouns
• pronouns
• verbs
• prepositions

A part of speech that connects words or word groups is called 

• preposition
• interjection
• adjective 
• conjunction

A part of speech that shows emotions is called 

• conjunction
• preposition
• interjection
• verb

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• preposition
• conjunction
• interjection
• verb