A Quick Review of Grammar! Parts of Speech A Quick Review of Grammar!

How many parts of speech are there?

9 Noun Pronoun Verb Adjective Adverb Conjunction Interjection Preposition Article

Noun A noun is a person, place, or thing E.g. Ms. Sinclair went to Toronto to buy bagels.

Pronoun A word that takes the place of a noun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, they, etc.) E.g. Joe saw Jill, he waved at her.

Verb A word used to describe an action E.g. The cake tastes delicious OR I’m having breakfast

Adjective A describing word *Meant to create a better mental picture, they tell: how many, which one, what kind E.g. Mr. Henderson’s oldest son goes to college.

Adverb A word used to describe verbs (Less, more, very, now, then, there, up, down, certainly, however, etc.) *Adverbs usually answer the questions: how? When? Where? To what extent? And many adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective (e.g. Quickly) E.g. He walked to the car very slowly.

Conjunction Conjunctions join two parts of a sentence and help to show the connection between the two parts of the sentence (and, but, because, so, when, etc.) E.g. We went home and went straight to bed.

Interjection An abrupt remark; an exclamation (ah!, Dear me! Oh no! Yes! Awesome!) E.g. Ouch!

Preposition A word or phrase that connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence (against, about, above, along, among, between, except, over, through, to, toward, of, etc.) E.g. They drove toward the shoreline.

Article A word that defines a noun as specific or unspecific (i.e. A, An, The) E.g. The dog ran into the road. OR A cat was lost on Saturday.