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The 8 Parts of Speech

Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.


1. What is a noun?


Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. There are many different types of nouns.


Here are a few: proper nouns, common nouns, collective nouns, possessive nouns, and compound nouns.


2. What is a pronoun?

Pronouns take the place of nouns. There are many different types of pronouns.

Here are a few of them: reflexive pronouns, indefinite pronouns, possessive pronouns, and relative pronouns.


3. What is a verb?

Verbs show actions or states of being. Linking verbs, action verbs, and helping verbs are described on the page above.

Modals are described here, and you can learn even more about action verbs and linking verbs here.


4. What is an adjective?

Adjectives describe, or modify, nouns and pronouns.


5. What is an adverb?

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.


6. What is a preposition?

Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the rest of the sentence.


7. What is a conjunction?

Conjunctions join two or more words, phrases, or clauses


8. What is an interjection?

Interjections show excitement or emotion. They are not grammatically related to the rest of the sentence.

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