Parts of Speech

A collection of vocabulary flashcards covering the eight parts of speech in English grammar.

Noun

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Examples: teacher, London, computer, courage

Adjective

An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun, telling what kind, how many, or which one.

• Examples: Salty, 7, This

Verb

A verb expresses action or a state of being.

• Examples: Run, Think, Is, Exist

Pronoun

A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence.

• Examples: He, She, It, They

Article

The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles, used before a noun.

• Examples: A dog, An elephant, The sky

Adverb

An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb, telling how, when, where, or to what degree.

• Examples: Softly, Now, Everywhere, Very

Preposition

A preposition combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence.

• Examples: By, To, Up, During

Conjunction

A conjunction joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence.

• Examples: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Interjection

An interjection expresses strong feeling or emotion, often punctuated with an exclamation.

• Examples: Wow!, Oops!, Phew!, Alas!

Proper noun

A proper noun is a specific name used for an individual person, place, or organization and is always capitalized. Examples include "Alice," "Paris," and "Microsoft."