1. Parts of Speech Created by Ms. Cherylon E. Lewis English/Language Arts
October 26, 2014

2. Introduction
Parts of speech are the basic types of words that English has. The parts of speech are: noun, verb, pronoun, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, interjection, and articles.

3. Nouns
A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. Example: man, city, car Identify the noun in the following sentence. The boy is reading. Answer: boy

4. Verb A verb is a word that shows action or a state of being.
Example: run, jump, walk
Which verb completes the sentence?
Susie likes to _______ rope.
Answer: Susie likes to jump rope.

5. Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or another pronoun. Examples: she, he, I Which pronoun listed above can take the place of Susie in the following sentence? Susie likes to jump. Answer: She likes to jump rope.

6. Adverb
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs answer How, When, Where.
Examples: quickly, slowly, high
Choose an adverb for the following sentence.
A rabbit jumps ____ .
Answer: A rabbit jumps high.

7. Adjective
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives answer what kind, which one, how many, or how much.
Examples: four, big, tall
Which adjective completes the sentence?
My dog has ____ balloons.
Answer: My dog has five
balloons.

8. Preposition
A preposition is a word used to show connection between a noun or pronoun and some other word in a sentence.
Examples: in, over, on,
Complete the following sentence with a preposition.
The cow jumped ____ the moon.
Answer: The cow jumped over the
moon.

9. Conjunction
A Conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words.
Examples: and, or, but
Complete the following sentence with the correct conjunction.
Bobby _____ Susie played on the see-saw at school.
Bobby and Susie played on the
on the see-saw at school.

10. Interjection
An Interjection is a word or short phrase used to express strong feeling or emotion.
Examples: Wow, Ouch, Boo
Choose an interjection to complete the following sentence.
_____! said the ghost.
Answer: Boo! Said the ghost.

11. Article An Article is used to introduce a noun. Example: the a, an
Choose the article to complete the following sentence.
The boy and girl played on ___ see-saw.
Answer: The boy and girl played on the see-saw.

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