What
are the 8 parts of speech?
Noun:
A noun is a person, place, thing, quality, or act.
Examples: pencil, girl, supermarket, happiness
Verb:
Verbs are action or existence words that tell what nouns do.
Examples: to fly, to run, to be, jump, lived
Adjective:
An adjective describes a noun.
Examples: hairy, crazy, wonderful
Adverb:
An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb. It often ends in "ly".
Examples: carefully, easily, barely
Interjection:
An outcry or sudden utterance. Usually starts a sentence.
Examples: Wow, Gosh, Darn
Preposition:
A preposition describes the relationship between a noun and another noun
(or verb or adverb).
Examples: to, under, for, at, by, from
Conjunction:
A conjunction joins together words, phrases, or clauses.
Examples: and, or, but
Pronoun:
A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase that is understood from context.
Examples: he, it, they
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out more about the 8 parts of speech, click on any of the links above and
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