Parts of Speech Quick Reference Guide
Part of Speech
Noun
Definition
Person, Place, thing,
quality, feeling, or idea
Examples
The teacher gave many assignments today.
Love seems to be in the air in the school.
Pronoun
Takes the place of a
noun
She and I are going on the trip to the house.
We are going to his birthday party.
Verb
Shows action or state
of being
We have been going to the school for a long
time.
She is the president of the club.
The students have been jumping in class.
Adjective
Modifies nouns and
pronouns
The beautiful girl is working very hard today.
Spot the great big dog made a mess in the
house.
Adverb
Modifies verbs,
adjectives, and other
adverbs
The wonderfully beautiful girl easily won the
pageant.
Today, we are getting out of school early.
Preposition
Shows relationships
between words; always
starts a phrase
Conjunction
Joins words, phrases,
and clauses
Interjection
Interrupts a sentence
We are seeking the prepositions in the
following sentences.
Above the house in the chimney, we found a
bird’s nest.
She and I are the best of friends.
Tamara will run over the hill and through the
woods.
I am excited about seeing my friends, but I
am not excited about the schoolwork.
Hooray! We are at the end of the worksheet.
Wow, I sure am glad this day is almost over.
Prepositions:
About
Above
Across
After
Against
Around
At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Besides
Between
Beyond
By
Down
During
Except
For
From
In
Inside
Into
Like
Near
Of
Off
On
Out
Outside
Over
Since
Through
Throughout
Till
To
Toward
Under
Until
Up
Upon
With
Without
According to
Because of
By way of
In addition to
In front of
In place of
In regard to
In spite of
Instead of
On account of
Out of
Coordinating and Correlative Conjunctions:
For
And
Not only
Nor
But
But also
Or
Yet
So
Either…or
Neither…nor
Conjunctive Adverbs:
Therefore
However
Moreover
Otherwise
Besides
Nevertheless
Consequently
Furthermore
Accordingly
Common Helping Verbs:
Am
Has
Do
Shall
May
Is
Have
Does
Will
Might
Are
Was
Were (PRIMARY LINKING VERB)
Had
Did
Should Would
Must
Can
Could
Courtesy of Katherine White