parts of speech

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