1. Parts of Speech Notes Parts of Speech Notes There are 8 parts of speech: NounVerbAdjectiveAdverbPronounPrepositionInterjectionConjunction No Vampires At A Pizza Party In California. QUESTIONS

2. NOUN NOUN  A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.  Amy is a noun  state is a noun  clock is a noun  courage is a noun

3. VERB VERB  A verb is an action word or a state of being.  sit, run, sleep, behave are all action verbs  is, was, were, am, are all state of being verbs

4. ADJECTIVE  An adjective is a descriptive word, they are only used to describe nouns.  smart, cowardly, stained, and quiet are all adjectives. SADHAPPY

5. ADVERB ADVERB  An adverb is a word that describes an action, or an adjective,  or another adverb  The boy ran QUICKLY.  That girl is REALLY smart.

6. PRONOUN PRONOUN  A pronoun is a word that is used to replace a noun.  he, she, it, and them are all pronouns.

7. PREPOSITION PREPOSITION  A preposition is a word used to show direction, location, or time.  through and toward are prepositions  here and in are prepositions  during and after are prepositions

8. INTERJECTION INTERJECTION  An interjection is a word that is used to show emotion.  Wow is an interjection  Well is an interjection  Oops is an interjection

9. CONJUNCTION CONJUNCTION  A conjunction is a word that is used to join longer sentences together.  and, or, but are all conjunctions  also, therefore, and furthermore are all conjunctions.