Parts of a Speech

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

A person, place, thing or idea.
proper= name (capital letter)
-Ex.) Finesse, education, school, NY, teacher
-Helpful reminder: The _______

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

A word used in a place of a noun.

-Ex.) I, her, him, it, that, these, she, he.

Question 3

Adjective

Answer 3

Describes or gives infro about a noun or pronoun.

• Ex.) Color, odious, incessant, joyful, loud.
• Helpful reminder: The _______ truck.

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

A word that shows action or state of being.

• Ex.) Talk, jump, scream, run, is, am, are
• Helpful reminder: Verbs change when in present, past or future tense.

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

A word that describes a verb, adjective or other adverb and tells where, when, how or to what extent.

• Ex.) Slowly, carefully, incessantly.
• Helpful reminder: Often ends in “ly”.

Question 6

Prepostion

Answer 6

Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word.

• Ex.) To, over, under, at, between, in
• Helpful reminder: The squirrel ran _____ to the tree.

Question 7

Conjuction

Answer 7

A word that connects words, groups of words & sentences.

-Ex.) For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 8

Interjection

Answer 8

A word that expresses surprise or strong feeling seperate from the sentence.
-Ex.) Wow!, Hey!