PARTS OF SPEECHThe building blocks to writing

NOUNSPERSON

PLACE THING IDEA

PRONOUNSA WORD USED IN PLACE OF A NOUN

I, YOU,SHE, HE, ITWE, YOU, THEY

ACTION VERBS SHOWS ACTION LINKS SUBJECT TO

ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE

Examples: walks, talks, runs, plays

LINKING VERBS LINKS SUBJECT TO NOUN OR AN

ADJECTIVE IN THE PREDICATE PART OF THE SENTENCE

IS, ARE, WAS ,WERE,AM, BEENExamples: 1. The boy was walking to the store. 2. The apple pie is cooking in the oven. 3. The football player was drinking water.

ADJECTIVESDESCRIBES A NOUN

OR PRONOUN

BEAUTIFUL sunset

ADVERBSDESCRIBES

VERB, ADJECTIVE, ANOTHER ADVERB

SHINING BRIGHTLY

PREPOSITIONSRELATES A

NOUN OR PRONOUN TO ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE

IN FRONT OF the cow

WORD OR PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS STRONG EMOTION

OR SURPRISE

YIKES!

CONJUNCTIONS

CONNECTS WORDS OR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OF WORDS

AND, BUT, OR, NOR,FOR, SO, YETEITHER, OR, NEITHER, NOR,

WATER AND ROCKS

Articles

An article is a kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. It is like an adjective. It modifies a noun.

Here are some examples: A, An, The

A book fell on the floor.

An article is used before a noun.

The test was easy.