8 Parts of Speech
1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Adjective
4. Verb
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjuction 8. Interjection
Noun
-A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. ex. Person- astronaut
Place- store thing-dog -A singular noun is a noun that means one person, place, or thing. ex. Singular Person-astronaut
Singular Place-store
Singular Thing-dog
-A plural noun is a noun that means more than one person, place, or thing. ex. Plural Person- astronauts
Plural Place- stores
Plural Thing- dogs
Pronoun
-A pronoun is an identifying word used instead of a noun but inflected in the same way. ex. he, she, us, they, I, you, it, we
Adjective
-An adjective describes a noun. It can tell how many, and it can tell what kind. ex. What Kind
We have a very tall kid in our class.
My dog has tiny black eyes.
How Many
There are twenty-four kids in our class.
Six people joined my club.
Verb
-A verb shows action . An action verb is a verb is a verb that tell what people or things do.
When a verb shows action that is happening now, it is called a present tense verb.
When a verb shows action that has already happened, it is called a past tense verb. ex. Verbs: run, play, sing, laugh, cry.
Present tense verbs: run, play, sing, laugh, cry.
Past tense verbs: ran, played, sang, laughed, cried.
Adverb
-A word that described a verb is called an adverb. An adverb can tell how or when something is done.