Parts of Speech

A noun names a person, place, or thing. You use seventy muscles when you speak.

Adjectives describe nouns. Impulsive people drive dangerously.

A pronoun replaces or refers to a noun. All the students are Asian; some are Japanese; others, from other countries.

Conjunctions join words, phrases, or sentences. She is happy because of the new job, but she is also more stressed.

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Very busy people are usually stressed.

A verb expresses an action, or a state or links the subject to the rest of the sentence. The car's make's Nissan.

Prepositions relate nouns or pronouns to other words. He gets up at about 3.

Interjections express emotions. God! I feel so sorry.