Parts of Speech

Coordinating conjunctions

FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) - placed between clauses

Subordinating conjunctions

introduces a subordinate clase - although, because, since

Noun

Person, place, thing, animal, idea

Common noun

general names - not capitalized

Proper noun

specific things - requires capitalization

Pronoun

Replaces a noun. Examples: this, that, these, those, anybody, something, yourself, herself, myself, who? which? what? (I, you, he, she, we, they, my, your, her, his, their, who, whom, whose, which

Verb

An action or helping word - needed in complete sentence

Adjectives

describes or modifies a noun

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Preposotion

a word used to connect nouns or pronouns to another word (specific information) - under, around, up

Interjection

A word that expresses emotion/feeling - ouch

Conjunction

A word used to join words, clauses or phrases - but, although