The 8 Basic Parts of Speech

Billy waited patiently for the teacher to call on him. What part of speech is patiently?

This part of speech describes an action.

Maria is helpful to her classmates. Which word in the sentence is a noun?

Hurray! No homework tonight! What part of speech is hurray?

Which part of speech describes nouns or pronouns?

Stacy is planning to play tag at recess. The word planning is what part of speech?

Nouns are...

What part of speech names an action or a state of being?

FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so are what part of speech?

Which P of S relates the noun or the pronoun that follows it to another word in the sentence?

Jessica is wearing a bright pink shirt and blue pants. Bright and blue are what part of speech?

Sarah stood outside the shop. Which word in this sentence is a preposition?