The Parts of Speech

Every word you speak or write has a definite use in expressing a thought or idea. The way the word is used determines what part of speech that word is.

There are eight parts of speech:

• Nouns - A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing or idea.
  
• Pronouns - A pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
  
• Adjectives - An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun.
  
• Verbs - A verb is a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement.
  
• Adverbs - An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another verb.
  
• Prepositions - A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun, or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
  
• Conjunctions - A conjunction joins words or groups of words.
  
• Interjections - An interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion. It has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence.

What is the part of speech?

The following video describes the parts of speech which include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions and more. Find out how conjunctions can bring two thoughts together.

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH #1 - INTRO
Introduction to the eight parts of speech with a mnemonic device to help remember the first initials of all eight.

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