Parts of Speech: A Review

Parts of Speech

These are the different classes into which words are commonly grouped according to their form, function or meaning.

conjunction

This is a part of speech that links two words, clauses, or phrases.

Appositive

This is a word or phrase that identifies or explains the noun that it follows.

Verb

This is a word that denotes action, occurrence or existence

Adjective

This is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

Adverb

This is a word that modifies a verb, an adverb or an adjective.

Noun

This is a word that names a person, place, thing, quality or idea.

Preposition

This is a word that specifies the place, direction, or time of a noun in relation to another word.

Pronoun

This is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Interjection

This is a word, either by itself or within the sentence, that exclaims or commands attention.