Eight Parts of Speech

1. Noun 5. Adverb

2. Pronoun 6. Preposition

3. Verb 7. Conjunction

4. Adjective 8. Interjection

Eight Parts of Speech

1. NounThe name of a person, place, thing, or idea(girl, bull, island, map, sea, marriage, love, war)

2. PronounA word which takes the place of a noun(I, we, you, he, she, it, they, who, whose, whom)

3. VerbA word which expresses an action, state, or condition.(run, walk, climb, sing, dream, think, hope, be, become)

4. AdjectiveA word which describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.(large, bright, short, fat, any, some, this, that, which)

5. AdverbA word which describes or modifies a verb, adjective, oranother adverb.(not, well, easily, very, too, greatly)

6. PrepositionA word which shows a relationshipbetween a noun and a pronoun andanother word in the sentence.(in, on, under, to, toward, near)

7. ConjunctionA word which joins words or groupsof words.(and, but, or, nor, for, yet, because)

8. InterjectionA cry or expression of emotion.(ah, alas, O)

The men were often working in the fields with the slaves Noun Adverb Verb Prep. Noun Prep. Noun

while the women were also working in the farmhouse.Conj. Noun Adv. Verb Prep. Noun