by Andy Paul PARTS OF SPEECH NOUNS What is a noun? A noun is a word that names a person, an animal, a place, or a thing There are more nouns in the English language than any other word A, an, the These are special words called articles They are noun signals they can often tip you off that there’s a noun is coming up in a sentence PRONOUNS What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun Almost anything a noun can do, a pronoun can do, too Pronouns are handy little words because when you use them, you don’t have to keep repeating nouns all the time VERBS What is a verb? A verb is a word that shows action or being Whatever you’re doing can be expressed by a verb Without a verb, a group of words cannot be a sentence A sentence can be as short as one word, as long as that one word is a verb ADJECTIVES What is an adjective? An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun or a pronoun An adjective describes or limits the use of a noun An adjective answers three questions 1) What kind of? I saw a big dog 2) How many? I’d like six ice cream cones, please 3) Which one? I’ll take that pair of jeans ADVERBS What is an adverb? An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb An adverb tells us: 1) How The pig danced terribly 2) Where The pig danced here 3) When The pig danced yesterday PREPOSITIONS What is a preposition? A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of one word in a sentence to another word A preposition tells four things: 1) LocationThe pig is outside its cage 2) DirectionThe pig ran to its cage 3) TimeI’ll wait until noon, and then I’ll leave 4) Relationship- I went to the party with my friend CONUNCTIONS What is a conjunction? A conjunction is a word that joins other words or parts of sentences together It is a “bridge” word David and Jennifer are brother and sister It will rain or snow today I ran as fast as I could However I still missed the train I’ll call the Health Department if you don’t clean up your yard INTERJECTIONS What is an interjection? Interjections are special words that show strong feelings or emotions like excitement, happiness, horror, sadness, disgust, pain, anger Interjections usually come at the beginning of a sentence You use them to add energy to your sentence Don’t use them too much, or they’ll loose their power Sometimes interjections are just shouts or sounds