8 Part of Speech

Noun

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

• Proper Noun:

• Common Noun:

• Abstract Noun:

• Concrete Noun:

• Collective Noun:

• Countable Noun:

• Uncountable Noun:

Types of Noun:

• Maria, Manila, Pepsi

Proper noun examples:

• teacher, city, soda

Common noun examples:

• freedom, happiness, love

Abstract noun examples:

• table, dog, phone

Concrete noun examples:

• team, class, family

Collective noun examples:

• apple, car, book

Countable noun examples:

• water, sugar, information

Uncountable noun examples:

Pronoun

A word used in place of a noun.

• Personal Pronoun:

• Possessive Pronoun:

• Reflexive Pronoun:

• Relative Pronoun:

• Demonstrative Pronoun:

• Interrogative Pronoun:

• Indefinite Pronoun:

Types of Pronoun:

• I, you, he, she, it, we, they

Personal pronoun examples:

• mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs

Possessive pronoun examples:

• myself, yourself, himself, herself

Reflexive pronoun examples:

• who, whom, which, that

Relative pronoun examples:

• this, that, these, those

Demonstrative pronoun examples:

• who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun examples:

• someone, anyone, everyone, nobody

Indefinite pronoun examples:

Verb

A word that expresses an action or a state of being.

• Action

• Linking

• Helping

Types of Verb:

• run, jump, write

Action verb examples:

• am, is, are, was, were

Linking verb examples:

• have, has, do, does, will

Helping verb examples:

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun/pronoun.

• Descriptive

• Quantitative

• Demonstrative

• Possessive

• Interrogative

Types of Adjectives:

• beautiful, tall, red

Descriptive adjective examples:

• some, much, many

Quantitative adjective examples:

• this, that, these, those

Demonstrative adjective examples:

• my, your, his, her

Possessive adjective examples:

• which, what, whose

Interrogative adjective examples:

Adverb

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

• Manner

• Place

• Time

• Frequency

• Degree

Types of Adverb:

• quickly, softly

Adverb of manner examples:

• here, there

Adverb of place examples:

• now, soon

Adverb of time examples:

• always, often

Adverb of frequency examples:

• very, quite

Adverb of degree examples:

Preposition

A word used to show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

• in, on, at, by, with, about, under

Examples of Preposition:

Conjunction

A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.

• Coordinating

• Subordinating

• Correlative

Types of Conjunction:

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Coordinating conjunction examples:

• although, because, since, unless

Subordinating conjunction examples:

• either/or, neither/nor, not only/butalso

Correlative conjunction examples:

Interjection

A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion or surprise.

• Wow! Oh! Ouch! Hurray!

Interjection examples: