1. There are 8 parts of speech.
Parts of Speech Review
There are 8 parts of speech.
Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

2. a person, place, thing or idea
Noun
a person, place, thing or idea
Example: friend, love, mansion, courage, extinction, foot, hamster, time, Paris, school, book, teacher, ability.

3. Pronoun words that refer/replace nouns Nouns Pronouns
Every noun you can think of can be replaced with a more general pronoun
Examples
Nouns Pronouns
girl she, her, someone, somebody
friends them, they, some, their
house it, that

4. Adjective words that describe (modify) nouns or pronouns
Add adjectives below:
The ________ boy won the contest.
She is ________ whenever she is at school.
_____ is the best way to describe homework.
We ate a _____ meal before going to the concert.
Yesterday was the _____ day of my life.

5. Verb Action words; forms of “to be” Example:
The Verb tells what the subject is doing.
Example:
Mike ran around the backstop.
Maria sold her favorite book.
I am happy.
She is in the attic.
We went to the store to buy apples.

6. Adverb
words that describe (modify) verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
They usually answer how, when or to what degree.
They often end in “ly.”
slowly, perfectly, quickly, very, slightly, etc.

7. words that show position or direction
Preposition
words that show position or direction
(Everywhere a fly can be in relation to a tube!) On
Under
Within Of
Around
Near To
For
During

8. words that connect other words, phrases or clauses
Conjunction
words that connect other words, phrases or clauses
For
And
Nor
But Or
Yet So
Neither…Nor
Either…Or
Not Only… But Also

9. words of strong emotion (Usually followed by an exclamation point.)
Interjection
words of strong emotion
(Usually followed by an exclamation point.)
Hey!
Wow!
Oops!
Well,
Whoops!

10. Here are some easy tips to remembering some of the tricky parts of speech:
Adjective and Adverb (“ad” think describes…adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs)
Pronoun (always refers to a noun)
Preposition (usually tells the position of a noun)
Conjunction (FANBOYS and junction= joining together)