Parts of Speech

Vocabulary related to parts of speech, including definitions of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

Noun

A word used to name a person, place, thing, feeling, idea, or quality.

Proper Noun

A noun that names a specific person, place, or thing and is always capitalized.

Common Noun

A noun that names one or all members of a class or group.

Pronoun

A word used in place of a noun or phrase.

Personal Pronoun

Pronouns that refer to specific nouns, such as I, me, you, they, he, it.

Relative Pronoun

Pronouns that introduce dependent clauses, such as who, whom, that.

Interrogative Pronoun

Pronouns that introduce questions, such as who, what, which.

Reflexive Pronoun

Pronouns that refer back to the subject, such as myself, herself, themselves.

Demonstrative Pronoun

Pronouns that point to specific nouns, such as this, those.

Indefinite Pronoun

Pronouns that indicate an unspecified number of nouns, such as all, few, many.

Verb

A word used to show an action or a state of being.

Action Verb

A verb that expresses physical or mental action.

Linking Verb

A verb that connects the subject with a word that describes or explains it.

Adjective

A word used to describe or specify a noun or pronoun.

Adverb

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

Preposition

A word used with a noun or pronoun to indicate location, time, or direction.

Conjunction

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.

Interjection

A word used to express emotion or surprise, often standing alone.