Parts of Speech

Definitions

~ parts of speech

noun

plural noun: parts of speech

1. a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. 

   
   

In English, the 8 main parts of speech are:

• noun: person, animal, place, object, or idea
• pronoun: takes the place of a noun
• adjective: describes a noun or pronoun
• verb: describes action or state of being 
• is, are, was, were
• adverb: describes a verb, adjective or another adverb
• preposition: joined with a noun to function as an adjective or adverb
• conjunction: a word used to connect clauses or to coordinate words in the same claus
• interjection: an abrupt remark of exclamation