nouns, pronouns, adjective, and verbs

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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)


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