Parts of Speech Definitions
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- never, happily, way, diligently
- examples of adverbs
- Interjection
- Shows strong emotion or surprise. Can be set off by an exclamation point or a comma.
- in, over, out, past
- examples of prepositions
- Conjunction
- Joins words, phrases, or sentences.
- I, he, her, their, who
- examples of pronouns
- Verb
- Shows action or being in a sentence
- Noun
- Names a person, place, thing, or idea
- Preposition
- Shows the relationship between two nouns or pronouns in a sentence. It shows direction or time.
- Love, peace, time, joy
- examples of abstract nouns
- Pronoun
- Takes the place of a noun
- Adverb
- Describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb
- Wow! Well, Yeh!
- examples of interjections
- skip, laugh, is, am, will
- examples of verbs
- and, nor, but, although, either, or
- examples of conjunctions
- Adjective
- Describes a noun or pronoun
- ancient, deadly, extinct
- examples of adjectives