There are 8 parts of speech.

They are easy to remember if you remember them in pairs:

Noun and Verb (two main parts of a sentence)

Adjective and Adverb (both describe and begin with”A”)

Pronoun and Preposition (both begin with “P”)

Conjunction and Interjection (the lease commonly used,

both end in “ction”)
A Person, Place, Thing or Idea.

Example: friend, love, mansion, courage, extinction, foot,

hamster, time, Paris, school, book, teacher, ability.

Complete the sentence below by filling in the blanks with

nouns.

______, ______ went to ______ to try to find ______ that

would be suitable for his _____ which was coming up in
_____ and would take place at ______.
 Words that replace nouns.
Every noun you can think of can be replaced with a more general
pronoun
Examples
Nouns Pronouns
girl she, her, someone, somebody
friends them, they, some, their
house it, that
Ms. Shope me, my, mine, she, her, I
courage it, something
student it, him, his, her, each, she

Jane went to the beach but _____ was too cold so _____ went back home
and called _____ friend Tom. _____ was watching _____ favorite TV
show. Jane decided _____ would go over and watch _____ with _____.
Action words; forms of “to be.”
The Verb tells what the subject is doing.
Example:
1. Mike ran around the backstop.
2. Maria sold her favorite book.
3. They helped the woman across the street.
4. I am happy.
5. She is in the attic.
6. We went to the store to buy apples.
7. Earl Warren won the game on Friday.

After _____ for hours, the fisherman finally ____ a tug on his line. He
_____ and ____ and finally _____ the large fish. He then _____ the fish
while he _____.
Words that describe (modify) nouns or pronouns.

Add adjectives below:

1. The ________ boy won the contest.
2. She is ________ whenever she is at school.
3. _____ is the best way to describe homework.
4. We ate a _____ meal before going to the concert.
5. Yesterday was the _____ day of my life.

Can you think of 5 adjective to describe yourself?

Words that describe (modify) verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs. They usually answer how, when or to what
degree. They often end in “ly.”

slowly perfectly
very yesterday
gently expertly
really never
too briefly
not seriously
Words that show position or direction.
(Everywhere a squirrel can be in relation to a log!)

On Upon
Under Inside
Within Below
Of Next To
Around Aside
Near
To
For
During
Words that connect other words, phrases or clauses.

Neither…Nor
For Either…Or
And Not Only… But Also
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Words of strong emotion. (Usually followed by an
exclamation point.

Hey!
Wow!
Oops!
Well,
Whoops!

©Created by Cathy Shope, EWMS 2002