8 Parts of Speech

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

It names a person, place, thing, animal, or idea.

Proper nouns name particular persons, places, etc., and are capitalized.

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

It takes the place of a noun.

An antecedent is the noun that a pronoun stands for.

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

It expresses action or links the subject to another word in the sentence.

Question 4

Adjective

Answer 4

It modifies a noun or a pronoun.

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

It modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs tell how, to what extent, when, or where.

Question 6

Preposition

Answer 6

It relates a noun or pronoun to some other part of the sentence.
An object may be compound.
The preposition, its object, and any modifiers make up a prepositional phrase.

Question 7

Conjunction

Answer 7

It connects words or word groups. The coordinating conjunctions are and, but, or, nor, for, and yet.
The three types are Coordinating, Subordinating, and Adverbial.

Question 8

Interjection

Answer 8

It shows sudden, usually strong, feeling.