The Parts of Speech

PART OF SPEECH

BASIC FUNCTION EXAMPLES

noun
names a person, place, or thing
pirate, Caribbean, ship
pronoun
takes the place of a noun
I, you, he, she, it, ours, them, who
verb
identifies action or state of being
sing, dance, believe, be
adjective
modifies a noun
hot, lazy, funny
adverb
modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb
softly, lazily, often
preposition
shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence
up, over, against, by, for
conjunction
joins words, phrases, and clauses
and, but, or, yet
interjection
expresses emotion
ah, whoops, ouch
article
identifies and specifies a noun
a, an, the