parts of speech

Parts of Speech Examples

there are eight parts of speech verb 
noun adjective adverb pronoun interjection conjunction preposition these allow us to structure a grammatically correct  sentence as each has a different function within a sentence verb a verb describes an action or experience for example run walk push 
eat Sophie ran to school because she was 
late the verb in this sentence is ran 
John loves to bake cookies the verb in 
this sentence is baked noun a noun 
names a person place things or ideas for 
example house teacher cup shot my 
teacher is a very nice person their noun 
in this sentence is teacher a my is going 
to go on holiday to china there are two 
nouns in this sentence the first noun is 
Amy because it's a person's name the 
second noun is China because it is a the 
name of a place adjectives 
an adjective describes a noun or a 
pronoun for example short beautiful red 
old Fatima has a huge house with six 
bedrooms the adjective in this sentence 
is huge because they are describing 
Fatima's house adverb an adverb 
describes a verb an adjective or an 
adverb 
the adverb tells us how often how where 
or when for example slowly yesterday 
always Sofia is always late for school 
the adverb in this sentence is always it 
is also important to note that late is 
an adverb and an adjective last night I 
slept really well 
the adverb in this sentence is last 
night pronoun a pronoun is used to 
replace the name of a person place thing 
or idea in a sentence for example I she 
our they it 
Becky is a very nice friend she always 
helps me with my homework the pronoun in 
this sentence is she you can visit the 
shopping center at 1:00 o'clock the 
pronoun in this sentence is you 
interjection an interjection is used to 
express strong emotion and is often 
followed by an exclamation mark for 
example 
Wow or Oh 
Wow the view is amazing 
the interjection in this sentence is Wow 
hey I haven't seen you in a long time 
the interjection in this sentence is hey 
conjunction conjunction is used to 
connect words phrases or clauses in a 
sentence for example and but although 
all I like to watch the television and 
eat popcorn 
the conjunction in this sentence is and 
my friend is very loud whereas I am very 
quiet 
the conjunction in this sentence is 
whereas preposition prepositions 
describe the place time or direction it 
is used before a noun or pronoun for 
example under above in during the cat 
jumped over the Box the preposition in 
this sentence is over get into the car 
quickly before we are late to school the 
preposition in this sentence is in - now 
it's your turn 
can you write a paragraph which includes 
all the eight parts of speech write it 
in the comments below and I look forward 
to reading them

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