Thursday, January 15, 2009

English Grammar-The Parts of Speech

1. Noun- a person, place, thing or idea
2. Pronoun- replaces a noun
3. Verb- shows action or a state of being
4. Adjective- describes and modifies nouns
5. Adverb-modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb
6. Articles- a, an and the are called articles because they signal a noun is coming after them
7. Conjunctions-join together words and phrases
8. Prepositions-connect a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence
9. Interjections-are used to express emotion

Source:http://www.edb.utexas.edu/pbl/ESOL/help/libry/speech.htm#interjection

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