Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech
What are parts of speech?
They are eight categories of words defined in terms of their purpose, place, meaning, and use within
sentences.
Types: The categories are: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions,
and interjections.
Nouns: Names persons, places, things,
ideas, or qualities.
Examples:teacher, Albany, basketball, proposal,
pride
Pronouns: Words that replace a noun that
has already been mentioned.
Examples: I, you, him, her, me, this, that, they,
which, she, he
Verbs: Words that convey action, a state
of being, or existence.
Examples:  walk, go, sing, are, seem, sleep
Adjectives: Words that describe nouns and pronouns.
Examples: beautiful, green, angry, necessary
Adverbs: Words that modify verbs,
adjectives, or other adverbs.
They answer the questions:
“When?”, “Where?”, “Why?”,
“How?”, “How much?”, and “In
what way?”
Examples: gracefully, very, too, loudly, finally
Prepositions: Words that link nouns or
pronouns to other words within a
sentence
Examples: on, in, over, under, within
Conjunctions: Words that link other words,phrases, or clauses in a sentence.
a. Coordinating
Conjunctions-
Words that link independent
clauses.
Examples: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
b. Subordinating
Conjunctions-
Words that link dependent clauses
with independent clauses.
Examples: although, because, whether, while
Interjections: Words that are used as
exclamations or to express
feeling.
Examples: Hey! Oh! Darn! Wow!