Parts of Speech

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

ex: Barack Obama, bird, the beach, scissors

Question 2

pronoun

Answer 2

a word used to take place of a noun

ex: I, her, him, a, that, those, she, he

Question 3

adjective

Answer 3

a word that describes and gives information about a noun or pronoun

ex: loud, quiet, comfy

Question 4

verb

Answer 4

a word that shows action or state of being

ex: laugh, burp, walk

Question 5

adverb

Answer 5

a word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb and tells where, when, how, or what extent

ex: slowly, carefully, quickly

Question 6

preposition

Answer 6

shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

ex: to, over, under, at, between, in

Question 7

conjunction

Answer 7

a word that connects words, groups of words, and sentences

ex: for, but, or, yet, so

Question 8

interjection

Answer 8

a word that expresses surprise or strong feeling and is seperate for the sentence

ex: wow! hey!