nouns, pronouns, adjective, and verbs
interjection
a word that expresses strong feeling or emotion (aw, eek, whoops)
adverbs
a word that modifies (qualifies or limits) a verb, adjective, or another adverb, many end in ly (quickly, how, always)
preposition
a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in the sentence, tells direction or location (behind, after, across)
helping verb
assists the main verb in a sentence (going, heard, leaving)
compound preposition
composed of two or more words (ahead of, next to)
linking verb
connect or (links) a subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate (looked, skated)
conjunctions
connects words or groups of words (or, and, but)
adjectives
modifies (qualifies or limits the meaning of) a noun or a pronoun (interesting)
verbs
tells what action (often a physical action) a subject is performing, has performed, or will perform (delivers, skated)
noun
the name of a person, place, thing, or idea (farmer, ocean, pen, happiness)
pronoun
word used in place of one or more nouns (he)