The 8 Parts of Speech: Quick Review
1. Nouns
A noun is a word that names a _______________________________,
________________________________, ___________________________________ or an idea.
There are several different categories of nouns:
 ______________________________ nouns: non-specific (cat, dog, boy, girl)
 ______________________________ nouns: specific (Boo, Buddy, Kellan, Darcy)
 ______________________________ nouns: only one (desk, pen)
 ______________________________ nouns: more than one (desks, pens)
 ______________________________ nouns: show ownership (Kevin’s binder)
2. Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or nouns.
Ex: I, me, we, us, you, he, him, she, her, they, them, it
The word or group of words to which a pronoun refers is called its antecedent.
Ex: Sheila (antecedent) lost her (pronoun) agenda.
3. Verbs
A verb is a word that expresses ________________________________ or a state of being.
Action verbs:
State of being:
run
am
walk
is
sing
are
jump
been
4. Adjectives
An adjective is a word that modifies a ______________________________ or pronoun. It tells
what kind, which one, or how many?.
What kind?
Which one?
How many?
Red
this
Two
rich
that
several
hopeless
the
many
There are two sub-sets of adjectives:
 Articles:
a,
an,
the
 Proper adjectives: Made from proper nouns (Scottish, European, Roman)
5. Adverbs
An adverb modifies a ___________________________, an ______________________________, or
another adverb by making its meaning more specific. Adverbs modify by answering
the questions “when?”, “where”, “How?”, and “to what degree?”. Most (but not all)
adverbs end in _________________________________.
Ex:
quickly
often
quite
carefully
6. Prepositions
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some
other word in the sentence.
Commonly Used Prepositions:
About, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among, around, at, before, behind,
below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, by down, during, for, from, in,
inside, into, near, of, off, on, onto, opposite, out, outside, over, past, through,
throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, with, within,
without
7. Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word that joins single words or groups of words.
A coordinating conjunction joins words or groups of words that are equally
important in a sentence.
Ex:
and
for
but
yet
or
so
nor
8. Interjections
An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses emotion. It has not grammatical
connection to the other words in the sentence.
Ex:
Ouch
Wow
Oh
Yikes
Interjections can be mild (set off with commas), or strong (set off with exclamation
mark)
Ex: Ouch! That really hurt. (Strong interjection)
Oh, I didn’t know she was coming out tonight. (Mild interjection)