Summary of Parts of Speech

Summary of Parts of Speech

	SUMMARY OF PARTS OF SPEECH
Part of Speech	Use	Examples
noun	names	Max has an idea for our party on Valentine's Day.
pronoun	takes the place of a noun or another pronoun	Who told you this is the one that I want for myself?
adjective	modifies a noun or a pronoun	Some nice people bought the big house on the next block.
verb	shows action or a state of being	Are you warm enough, or do you need a sweater?
adverb	modifies a verb,  an adjective, or another  adverb	We need to find a much shorter route, or we'll arrive too late.
preposition	relates a noun or  a pronoun to another word	As of today we have only two weeks of school before graduation.
conjunction	joins words or  groups of  words	Both Maria and I hope to be there if we can make it.
interjection	shows emotion	Hey! What are you doing here?

   

Parts of Speech Quiz

Read each of the following sentences. Then, choose the answer that identifies the part of speech of each underlined word or word group.