Part of a Speech

Question 1

Verb and example

Answer 1

Action or state
Examples: be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must
He was hopping down the road.

Question 2

Noun and example

Answer 2

Thing or person
Examples: pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John
My name is Michael

Question 3

Adjectives and example

Answer 3

Describing words
Examples: a/an, the, 2, some, good, big, red, well, interesting
The red car is bright.

Question 4

Adverbs and example

Answer 4

Describes a verb, adjective or adverb
Examples: quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really
He silently walk through forest

Question 5

Pronoun and example

Answer 5

Replaces a noun
Examples: I, you, he, she, some
I like ice cream

Question 6

Preposition and example

Answer 6

Links a noun to another word, showing the relationship between two words
Examples: to, at, after, on, but
The eagle soared above the clouds (above links eagle and clouds)

Question 7

Conjunction and example

Answer 7

Joins clauses or sentences or words
Examples: and, but, when
My sister drives a truck and she smokes a cigar.

Question 8

Interjection and example

Answer 8

Short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence
Examples: oh!, ouch!, hi!, well
Ouch! It bit me!