Parts Of Speech

Question 0

Pronoun

Answer 0

A word used in place of a noun

Examples: I, her, him, it, that, these, she, & he

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

Examples: finesse, education, school, New York, teacher

Helpful reminder: the teacher

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

A word that deacribes or gives information about a noun or pronoun

Examples: colorful, incessant, joyful, loud

Helpful reminder: the loud truck

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

A word that shows action or state of being

Examples: talk, jump, scream, run, is am, are

Helpful reminder: verbs change when in the present past or future

Question 4

Adverb

Answer 4

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

Examples: slowly, carefully, incessantly

Helpful reminder: often ends in “ly”

Question 5

Prepostion

Answer 5

Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

Examples: to, over, under, at, between, in

Helpful reminder: the squirel ran in the tree

Question 6

Conjunction

Answer 6

A word that connects, words groups of words and sentances

Examples: for and nor, but or, yet so

Question 7

Interjection

Answer 7

A word that expresses surprise or strong feeling seperate from the sentence

Examples: Wow! Hey!