Parts of Speech

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

A person, place, thing, or idea.

ex. New York, teacher, school

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

A word used in place of noun.

ex. I, her, him, it, that, these, she, he

Question 3

Adjective

Answer 3

A word that describes or gives information about a noun or pronoun.
ex. colorful, joyful, loud, incessant, odious

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

A word that shows action or state of being.

ex. talk, jump, scream, run, is, am, are

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb and tells where, when, how or to what extent.
ex. slowly, carefully, incessantly

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.

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 8

Interjection

Answer 8

A word that expresses surprise or strong feeling. Separate from the sentence.
ex. Wow!, Hey!