parts of speech overview

• Noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.
• Pronoun is used to modify a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.
• Verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or state (being something)
• Adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun. It tells you something about a noun.
• Adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective or an adverb itself. It tells you how, when, where something is done.
• Preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence.
• Conjunction connects two words, phrases, clauses, or sentences together.
• Interjection can stand alone on its own. It expresses sudden emotion or feeling and are usually followed by an exclamation mark.
• Article is used to introduce a noun.