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8 Parts of Speech

There are a few different ways to talk about language. Parts of Speech are useful to name the kinds of words we use. You know some of them already. Here are all 8 of them together (click for detail):
1. Verb
2. Noun
3. Pronoun
4. Preposition
5. Adjective
6. Adverb
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection


1. Verb - the action or state of something
be, am, are, is, was, were are some state words.
He is a teacher.
like, run, sing, take are some action words.
They like Mary.

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2. Noun - a person, place, or thing
John, hand, house, Korea and Paris are all nouns.
John
likes his house in Paris.

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