Adjectives Adverbs Nouns Pronouns

A person, place, thing, or idea

Examples: teacher, student, city, desk, freedom, mom, dog, cat, beauty, book, etc.

take the place of nouns

her, his, she, he, they, we, you, I, my, mine, theirs, there, it, everyone, someone, etc.

Words that show action or state of being

Action: run, jump, swim, breathe, talk, live

State of being: be, being, been, is, am, was were

Helping verbs: can, could, should, have, has, had

Describe (or modify) a noun or pronoun

Examples: huge, green, kind, beautiful, strong, weak, tall, short, good, bad

Describes (or modifies) verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs (many end with "ly"

Examples: Really, usually, quickly, very, beautifully