Parts of Speech

How Words Function

Common Noun

Person, place, or thing Proper noun

The specific name of a person or place Article

Identifies a noun as a noun Definite: the Indefinite: a, an

Parts of Speech

Verb

Action or state of being Adjective

Describes a noun Adverb

Describes an action Pronoun

Replaces a noun

More Parts of Speech

Preposition

Indicates location Conjunction

Connects phrases and clauses Interjection

Shows emotion

Yet More Parts of Speech

Example Sentence

Mignon’s red bike and her old basketball rolled quietly down the road.

“quietly” is

an adjective

an adverb

a verb

“road” is a

noun

preposition

verb

“down” is a

noun

definite article

preposition

“her” is a

pronoun

common noun

proper noun

Match the word to the correctpart of speech before time runs out.

Jack to ran with singing dad his and

O verbO pronounO prepositionO verbO proper nounO conjunctionO prepositionO common

noun

Answers: Match the word to the part of speech

Jack To ran with singing dad his and

O verbO pronounO prepositionO verbO proper nounO conjunctionO prepositionO common

noun