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The Eight Parts of Speech
The eight parts of speech are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
Verbs show action or state of being.
Every sentence and clause must have a subject (noun or pronoun) and a verb; ask, be, become, begin, call, can, come, could, do, feel, find, get, give, go, have, hear, help, keep, know, leave, let,…
Nouns are the names of persons, places or things or an idea
There are two kinds of nouns; Common nouns are words used to name general items rather than specific ones.
Examples; man, mountain, state, ocean, country, building, cat, airline dog, boy, school
Proper nouns - specific persons, places, or things.
Examples; Bob, Martha, New Year’s Day, Woolworth, Google, Mr. John Smother, New York, Mealtimes, Vista Heights, Atlantic Ocean, Mount Fuji
Pronouns take the place of nouns, and help you avoid using the noun over and over again:
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