English Grammar: Parts of Speech

Vocabulary flashcards covering the eight parts of speech and key IB assessment components as detailed in the lecture notes.

Noun

A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., Krithika, Bartow, kindness).

Pronoun

A word that replaces a noun, which is known as the antecedent (e.g., she, her, this).

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun (e.g., beautiful).

Verb

A word used to describe an action or a state of being (e.g., run, walk).

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (e.g., quickly, very).

Preposition

A word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence (e.g., under).

Conjunction

A word used to join words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, neither…nor, because).

Interjection

A word that expresses sudden or extreme emotion and holds no grammatical weight.