| Term | Definition |
| noun | name of a person, place, thing or idea
(ex. Daniel, London, table, dog, teacher, pen) |
| pronoun | used in place of a noun or noun phrase to avoid repetition
(ex. I, you, we, they he, she, it, me) |
| adjective | describes, modifies or gives more information about a noun or pronoun
(ex. big, happy, green, young, fun, crazy, three) |
| verb | shows an action or state of being; shows someone or something is doing
(ex. go, speak, run, eat, play, live, walk) |
| adverb | describes/modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb; tells how, where, when, how often or to what extent
HINT: many adverbs end in -LY (ex. slowly, quietly, happily)
Other frequent adverbs: always, often, sometimes, never |
| preposition | shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word; can indicate time, place, or relationship
(ex. at, on, in, from, with, near, between) |
| conjuction | joins two words, ideas, phrases or clauses together in a sentence and shows how they are connected
(ex. and, or, but, because, so, yet, unless, since, if) |
| interjection | a word or phrase that expresses a strong feeling or emotion
(ex. Ouch!, Wow!, Great!) |
