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Parts of Speech-MMS
Definitions and examples of English parts of speech
| Part of Speech | Definition | Word examples | More word examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noun | Names a person, place, thing or idea | pen, pencil, doctor, mother, kitchen, school, park | freedom, democracy, cereal, car, shoe, grasshopper, vacation |
| Proper noun | specific and capitalized name of a person, place, thing, or idea | Empire State Building, Waco, Mount Vernon, "The Tell-tale Heart" | Bill Gates, S.E. Hinton, Lemony Snicket, Six Flags over Texas, Fruit Loops |
| Collective Noun | a singular noun that includes many individual persons or animals | herd, flock, gaggle, team | committee, band, squad, pride (of lions) |
| Adjective | describes a noun or pronoun by telling what kind, which one, how many, and sometimes whose or how much | small, gigantic, young, rich, sixteen, purple, brave, afraid, silly | Sally's, that, these, cute, repulsive, some, many |
| Adverb | describes verbs, adjectives and adverbs by telling how, when, where, or to what extent | quickly, clumsily, efficiently, well, not, here | today, soon, never, everywhere, often, seldom, very |
| Helping verbs | common verbs that appear before the main verb in a verb phrase | am, is, are, was, were, have, has | could, would, should, do, does, did |
| Action verbs | words that show mental or physical action | run, slide, swim, scream, eat, skate | think, ponder, imagine, analyze, dream, love, hate |
| Linking verbs | words that link the subject with an idea about the subject | am, is, are, was, were, have been | is being, seems, appears, becomes, smells, tastes |
| Preposition | a word that shows time and place relationship, always in a phrase with an object and possibly modifiers | about above, according to, in front of, over, inside | via, after, onto, under, with, for, of, during |
| Conjunction | connects words, phrases and clauses | and, or and but are the most commonly used | either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also |
| interjection | shows mild or strong emotion, set off by a comma or exclamation mark | oh, well, sure, yes, no, | Hooray! Whew! Yikes! No way! |
| Pronoun | takes the place of a noun to avoid too much repetition | I, you, she, themselves, this, these, some, many, both | everybody, something, no one, who, whom, what |
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