Parts of Speech Examples and Rules

An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

Examples:

Size/Shape: tiny, long, oval

Texture: prickly, smooth, leathery

Odor/Taste: nutty, flowery, sour

Appearance: bright, beautiful, faded

Adverb

An adverb tells how, how often, when, or where. It can describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Examples:

How: loudly, quickly

How often: always, never

When: before, soon

Where: away, inside

Article

An article comes before a noun in a sentence and sometimes shows if the noun refers to a specific or general person, place, or object.

Examples:

General: a dog a farm an apple an octopus

Specific: the dog the farm the apple the octopus

Conjunction

A conjunction joins two ideas or shows the relationship between two parts of a sentence.

Examples:

• and
• because
• but
• So
• though
• or
• until
• while
• unless

Interjections

Interjections are words that are used to convey strong emotions or feelings.

Examples:

• Wow! What a wonderful work of art.
• Alas! That is really sad.
• Yippee! We won the match.

Noun

A noun names a person, place thing, or idea.

Examples:

Person: Maria, boy, doctor

Place: New York, park, outer space

Thing: Pen, watermelon, table

Idea: Fairness, friendship, fear

Preposition

A preposition shows the relationship (such as direction, time, or placement) between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence.

Examples:

• about
• across
• after
• around
• before
• between
• into
• through
• to

Pronoun

A pronoun replaces the name of a person, place, object, or idea in a sentence.

Examples:

• you
• we
• they
• he
• she
• me
• it
• him
• her
• this
• that
• those
• these
• each

Verbs

Verbs are words that denote an action that is being performed by the noun or the subject in a sentence.

Examples:

• read
• stand
• tell
• steal
• sow
• throw
• wave
• want
• warn
• sit
• play
• walk
• pick
• pull
• speak
• come

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