parts of speech Flashcards
parts of speech
noun
a person, place, thing, or idea
ex. finesse,education, school, New York, teacher
pronoun
a word used in place of a noun
ex. I, her, him, it, that, these, she, he
adjective
a word that describes or gives information about a noun or pronoun
ex. colorful, odious, incessant, joyful, loud
verb
a word that shows action or state of being
ex. talk, jump, scream, run, is , am, are
adverb
a word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverbs
ex. slowly carefully, incessantly
preposition
shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word
ex. to, over, under, at, between, in
conjunction
a word that connects a word, groups of words, and sentences.
ex.for, and or, but, yet
interjection
a word that expresses surprise or strong feeling, seperate from the sentence
ex.Wow! Hey!