parts of speech

for English 9 Exam Prep

words that connect words, phrases, or clauses (e.g, and, but, because)

conjunction

pronouns

words that replace nouns (e.g, she, it they)

words that express action or state of being (run, is, seem)

verbs

words that express strong emotion or surprise (ex. oh, wow, ouch)

Interjections

Adverbs (ex. quickly, very, well)

words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

words that describe or modify nouns (ex. tall, blue quick)

adjectives

Noun (ex. cat, city, happiness)

words that name person place thing or idea

prepositions (ex. in, on, between, at)

words that show relationships between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

Tiny feet and spines cover their body

verb

Luis stayed calm

adjective

Alan grows tomatoes anywhere

verb

She walked fast too.

pronoun

At first, he walked quite slowly.

adverb

Freedom is something we treasure.

noun

Visitors from many places talked to the musicians.

preposition

Wow! I got all A’s.

Interjection

Other people with blankets prefer to sit outside.

Preposition

Plastic tools and machines do not break easily.

Conjunction

articles (a, an, the) and possessive pronouns (my, your) are…

adjectives

coordinating conjunctions (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S) Only 7

Connect similar parts of speech or groups of words (equal grammatical importance)

correlative conjunctions (and;either/or;neither) Only 5

They are paired together

subordinating conjunctions (after/because/although/when)

Join two complete ideas by making one idea dependent on other

static (static stays static)

character who doesn’t change throughout story

flat (one flat earth)

character shows only one trait

round (many round balls)

characters who shows many traits (faults + virtues)

dynamic (dynamic develops)

character who develops and grows

complex (complex complete)

character with many characteristics and develops throughout story

foil (foil contrasts)

character whose personality/attitude contrasts protagonists