Parts of Speech

how words function when we speak

Parts of Speech

Names a person, place, or thing

Noun

name specific people, places, and things

Proper Nouns

names something general

Common noun

Describes a noun

Adjective

takes the place of nouns

Pronouns

the word the pronoun replaces

antecedent

shows relationship to something else

possessive pronoun

shows action or state of being

Verb

take direct objects

transitive verb

a verb that does not take a direct object

intransitive verb

the subject of the verb both does and receives the action of the verb

reflexive verb

describe verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Adverb

adds emotion

interjection

small word that connects to a noun to make a phrase that functions as an adjective or adverb

preposition

a word that connects words, phrases, and clauses and shows relationship.

conjunction