The Parts of Speech

The Parts of Speech

PART OF SPEECH	BASIC FUNCTION	EXAMPLES
noun	names a person, place, or thing	pirate, Caribbean, ship
pronoun	takes the place of a noun	I, you, he, she, it, ours, them, who
verb	identifies action or state of being	sing, dance, believe, be
adjective	modifies a noun	hot, lazy, funny
adverb	modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb	softly, lazily, often
preposition	shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence	up, over, against, by, for
conjunction	joins words, phrases, and clauses	and, but, or, yet
interjection	expresses emotion	ah, whoops, ouch
article	identifies and specifies a noun	a, an, the