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01-01-2005, 05:25 PM
First Lesson
Parts of Speech
In the English language there are eight parts of speech. They help you understand words and how to use them in sentences. Every word in every sentence is a part of speech- a noun, a verb, an adjective, etc. The chart below lists the eight parts of speech
Noun: A word that names a person , a place, a thing , or an idea
Examples: Alex Belize Ladder courage
Pronoun: A word used in place of noun
Examples: I he it they you anybody some
Verb: A word that shows action or links a subject to another word in the sentence
Examples: sing shake catch is are
Adjective: A word that describes a noun or a pronoun
Examples: stormy red rough seven grand
Interjection: A word ( set off by commas or an exclamation point) that shows strong emotion
Examples: Stop! Hey, how are you ?
Adverb: A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another advareb
Examples: Quickly today now bravely softer
Prepostion: A word that shows postion or direction or introduces a prepositional phrase
Examples: around up inder over between to
Conjunction: A word that connects other words or groups of words
Examples: and but or so because when
Parts of Speech
In the English language there are eight parts of speech. They help you understand words and how to use them in sentences. Every word in every sentence is a part of speech- a noun, a verb, an adjective, etc. The chart below lists the eight parts of speech
Noun: A word that names a person , a place, a thing , or an idea
Examples: Alex Belize Ladder courage
Pronoun: A word used in place of noun
Examples: I he it they you anybody some
Verb: A word that shows action or links a subject to another word in the sentence
Examples: sing shake catch is are
Adjective: A word that describes a noun or a pronoun
Examples: stormy red rough seven grand
Interjection: A word ( set off by commas or an exclamation point) that shows strong emotion
Examples: Stop! Hey, how are you ?
Adverb: A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another advareb
Examples: Quickly today now bravely softer
Prepostion: A word that shows postion or direction or introduces a prepositional phrase
Examples: around up inder over between to
Conjunction: A word that connects other words or groups of words
Examples: and but or so because when