The Parts of SpeechOr, what to call every word in the English

language

All words in the English language can be divided into categories of what kind of word they are

Makes it so you could know every type of word there is

Usually distinguished as there being 7-9 types

What are parts of speech?

A person, place, thing, or idea.

If it’s physical and you can touch it, or if you can only think it, it’s usually a noun

Falls into common nouns and proper nouns◦ Common: Student Proper: Janelis◦ Common: Pokémon Proper: Pikachu

Noun

Words that can take the place of a noun, usually taking the place of a person, place or thing.

He, she, it, they, we, me, you

If you’re a pro, you won’t repeat the same noun over and over.

Pronouns

Verbs are action words and usually in every sentence

Anything that requires somebody doing something is a verb

Run, think, sit, make, cook, eat, sing, dream

Verb

Words used to describe something

How does it look? How does it sound? How does it smell?

How would you describethis dog?

Adjective

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

Use to tell how, when, where, or to what degree—usually ends in “-ly”

Quickly, strongly, weakly, barely

Adverb

Literally, the easiest one.

Article

THEA

AN

A word that tells you where something is in relation to something else.

In, toward, under, above, at, past, up, down

Preposition

A word that combines single words or groups of words in a sentence

And, but, nor, or

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Conjunction

Something that expresses strong feeling or emotion.

Can be a single word or a phrase

Ow! Look out! Be careful! Ah! Help! Oh dear!

Interjection

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