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8 Parts of Speech.

A rundown of the eight parts of speech goes as follows. You have a noun, a pronoun, a verb, an adverb, an adjective, a preposition, an interjection, and a conjunction.

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. A Proper Noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun is like the chair or the bathtub, but New York, Tiffany, and the Milky Way are all proper nouns. Both are still nouns, though.

A pronoun is a substitute for any kind of noun. It, he, she, they, we, them, us, me, I, and you are pronouns, for example.

A verb defines action. Remember that commercial? Verb--it's what you do. Run, jump, crawl, kill, lick, headbutt, eat, are verbs. Helping verbs consist of were, was, is, would, and words of that nature.

An adverb further describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. They usually end in -ly. Usually is an adverb. Almost always, is two adverbs.

An adjective describes nouns. The blue sky, the green fields, and the red fire. Colors are adjectives, for example. A note about adjectives: A, an, and the are all articles, which is a type of adjective.

A preposition tells you where, when, why, and how things happen. "The cat ran _____ the box." Any word that can correctly fit in that blank is a preposition. The cat ran under the box. The cat ran after the box. The cat ran through the box.

An interjection is one or two words that by themselves indicate strong emotion. Wow! What!? Holy sh3t! Crap.

A conjunction links two sentences or one sentence and one incomplete thought together. A semicolon [;] is a conjunction as well.

Examples? Yes.

Samantha quickly ate the scrumptious pie, and thought it was delicious.

Wow! That jalapeno pepper sure was hot in my mouth!


Sentence Structure

Basically, when thinking about sentence structure, there are three kinds. There is simple, complex, and compound. Here are the definitions and examples.



A simple sentence contains a minimum of one subject and one verb, and also is a complete thought.

Mary-Anna runs track on weekdays.

Turn up the thermostat.



A compound sentence joins two complete thoughts by means of a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

Mary-Anna read a book, because she was bored.

Although he couldn't understand Spanish, Marko understood that the old lady wanted him to follow.



A complex sentence joins one complete thought with one or more incomplete thoughts.

Because of the dwindling temperature, the lack of warm clothing, and the absence of a blanket, Mary-Anna turned up the thermostat.