The Enchanting, Enticing, Exotic… Parts of Speech

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The 8 Parts of Speech are…• Noun• Verb

• Adjective• Adverb

• Interjection• Conjunction• Preposition

• Pronoun

Nouns

A PERSON PLACE OR THING

This is one cool carrot !

Verb

SHOW ACTION OR STATE OF BEING

Boy oh boy! Look at those

bananas bounce!

Adjective

DESCRIBES NOUNS OR PRONOUNS

Those are pretty

flowers!

Adverb

Describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Look closely at those

lobsterific lovers!

Interjection

EXPRESSES STRONG OR MILD EMOTIONS

Oh yah! That cat sure likes its food!

Conjunction

JOINS PARTS OF A SENTENCE

I sure like those blue,

purple, yellow and

white flowers!

Preposition

SHOW TIME AND SPACE RELATIONSHIPS

She threw the phone into the guitar!

Pronoun

REPLACE NOUNS TO AVOID REPETION

That duck sure is

cute, isn’t he?

Question #1

Which politician

received more votes?

NOUN

Question #2

The usher closed the door.

VERB

Question #3

Have you heard the

good news?

Adjective

Question #4

Farmers had very poor crops this

year.Adverb

Question #5

OH! I didn’t know that!

Interjection

Question #6

Teresa read and

signed the contract.

conjunction

Question #7

The cat knocked a

vase off the shelf.

Preposition

Question #8

Everyone met at the

field house.

Pronoun