Parts of Speech

a person, place, thing or idea

a word that shows action, or links two parts of a sentence

a word that describes a noun. It usually comes before the noun

a word that describes verbs and adjectives. Usually ends in -ly and tells where, when or how

takes the place of a noun

shows direction, time, place and location; starts a phrase that gives extra information

shows strong emotion

joins words, phrases, and sentences

the words a, an, and the

Examples: dog, Mrs. Wham, desk, justice