Definitions: Parts of Speech

grammar

a way of thinking about language

the four levels of traditional grammar

parts of speech, parts of sentence, phrases, and clauses

parts of speech

the eight kinds of words in the English language

noun

the name of a person, place, thing, or idea

pronoun

a word that takes the place of a noun

subject pronouns

pronouns used for subjects of verbs and subject complements

list the subject pronouns

I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they

object pronouns

pronouns used as direct objects, indirect objects, or objects of prepositions

list the object pronouns

me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

adjective

a word that modifies a noun or pronoun

article

the three adjectives, a, an, and the

definite article

the adjective the

indefinite article

the adjectives a and an

three degrees of adjectives

positive, comparative, superlative

verb

a word that shows action, being, or links a subject to a subject complement

adverb

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

conjunction

a word that joins two words or two groups of words

coordinating conjunctions

and, but, so, yet, or, nor, for

subordinating conjunctions

as, if, since, when, because

correlative conjunction sets

either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also

preposition

a word that shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence

interjection

a word that shows emotion but has no grammatical function