PARTS

of
SPEECH
What is a
noun?
place thing (physical)

person / people

thing (an idea, a concept)

What positions do nouns occupy?
The technician fixed the computers in the lab.

S O O
The technician fixed the computers in the lab.

V PREP
Nouns name a person, place, thing, or idea and are used as subjects and objects in
sentences.
What is a pro
noun?
The technician fixed the computers in the lab.

He fixed them in the lab.

NOTE: ‘lab’ could be replaced with ‘it’; however, the

sentence would sound awkward.
Pronouns are special words that replace nouns to avoid repeating them.
What are
adjectives?
The new technician fixed thirty old computers in the writing lab.

The new technician fixed thirty old computers in the writing lab.
The technician is new.

The technician is new.

Adjectives add descriptions to nouns and pronouns- telling which one, how many,
what kind, color, or shape they are.
 b?
ver
is a
h a t
W
The technician fixed the computers in the lab.

The technician fixed the computers in the lab.

The technician’s name is James.

The technician’s name is James.

Verbs show action or state of being.
What are adverbs?
 i n g lab.
ewr i t
t ers i n th
com p u
v ery old
d t he
uickly fixe lab.
h n i c i an q wr iting
tec nt h e
, t he new p u ters i
Yes terday o ld co m
d t he very
yf ixe
i a n q uickl
w te chnic
, t h e ne
terda y
Yes
Adverbs add information- such as when, where, why, or how- to verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs, or whole sentences.
What are prepositions?
The technician fixed the computers in the writing lab at noon.

The technician fixed the computers in the writing lab at noon.

Prepositions show position in space and time and are followed by nouns to form
prepositional phrases.
What are conjunctions?
Students still visited the lab and the media center
while the computers were broken.
Conjunctions are connecting words- such as and, but, and or- and words that begin
dependent clauses- such as because, since, when, while, and although.
What are interjections?
Wow, James is a valuable employee.
Interjections interrupt a sentence to show surprise or other emotions and are rarely
used in standard written English.
 N PREP ADJ N ADV V ADJ N CONJ PRON V PREP N
Students at community colleges often take morning classes, but they work at night.
Sources:

Writing Essentials: Exercises to Improve Spelling, Sentence Structure, Punctuation, and Writing,
Paige Wilson and Teresa Ferster Glazier

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