Parts of Speech

nouns

person, place, thing, or idea

proper nouns

used to name a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Examples: Sarah, Los Angelas, Mars, Cafe Río

common nouns

used to name people, places, or things in general. Examples: house, dog, broom, happy

concrete nouns

refers to people or things that exist physically and that at least one of the senses can detect. Examples: cat, desk, baby, bike

abstract nouns

have no physical existence. They refer to ideas, emotions and concepts you cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or taste. Example: love, time, fear, freedom

plural nouns

More than one of a noun. Examples: wombats, candies, mice

possessive nouns

Expresses ownership. Examples: Blake's notebook, Alan's sock, Makayla's fruit roll-up

pronouns

Replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his

adjectives

Tell us more about a noun or pronoun. Describes the noun or pronoun. Examples: green slow, five, stinky, tall, round, a, an, the (what kind? which one? how many? how much?)

prepositions

Words we use before nouns or pronouns to show their relationship with other words in the sentence. (above, by, in spite of, according to, for, of, at, from, on, before, in, to, below, in addition to, until)

verbs (main verbs)

Words that show action or a state of being

linking verbs

Verbs that don't show action. They link the subject to words or groups of words that identify or describe the subject. Examples: (appear, seem, look, become, smell, remain, feel, sound, taste, grown, stay, turn)

helping verbs

Helps the main verb express an action or a state of being. (have, has, had, do, does, did, may, might, must, can, will, shall, could, would, should, and forms of "be")

adverbs

describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (How? when? where? to what extent?--how much, how long, or how often)

conjunctions

joins words and phrases

interjections

Expresses strong emotions. Followed by an exclamation point or a comma depending on the strength of emotion. Examples: Wow!, Yuck!, Yes!, Sure

action verbs

expresses either physical or mental activity

coordinating conjunctions

FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so