Could someone tell me the 8 parts of speech and what they mean? I really need help! I'm really stupid when it comes to grammar so I really need HELP!!!
2007-02-04 13:17:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Pronoun he, she, it, them, they
noun person, place or thing
adjective describes a noun
adverb answers the questions: When, where, how,
why
verb an action
preposition links nouns, pronoun and phrases to other
word in the sentence
conjunction used to link words: and, but, or, nor, yet
so
interjection conveys emotion "Oh"
2007-02-04 13:40:50 · answer #1 · answered by Eileen B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to watch school house rock *smiles
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Pronouns
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Articles
2007-02-04 13:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by 360 Refugee - Moved to Mulitply 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Type "parts of speech" into the space on a web search, including the quotation marks. Click on Go or Search, and choose the first thing that pops up. Then try the second or third item.
This link won't show in its entirety, so cut and paste it into the URL space:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
30/grammar/parts.htm
2007-02-04 13:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by Pooky 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Noun: Person, Place, Animal, or Thing
Proper Noun: not the "city" but the city "New York for exampe gets a capital letter while a noun like "crayon" doesn't, c wat i mean?
Verb: An Action word like "Swimming" or "Diving"
Preposition: A word like "againest" or "on" or "beneath" or "beside and on and on...
Adverb: A word that describes a verb(usally ending in ly) like "He was 'swimming' 'FANTASTICLY'!!"
Pronoun: A pronoun replaces a noun like "he" or "which"
Adjective: A describing word like "blue" or "smelly"
Well, thats all i can remember, if you need more help, i suggest you search it on google. Good luck!
2007-02-04 13:38:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noun - person, place or thing
verb - action
adjective - describes a noun
adverb - describes a verb (usually ends in ly)
Sorry I think those are them and that's all I know. Good luck!!:)
2007-02-04 13:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by j b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection.
2007-02-04 14:33:45 · answer #6 · answered by kim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, pronoun, interjection,
The following site has good definitions and examples.
2007-02-04 13:22:41 · answer #7 · answered by bizime 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You aren't half as stupid as most of these people.
I don't remember them. Sorry! 8th grade was a really long time ago.
2007-02-04 13:20:51 · answer #8 · answered by tercellulite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
verbs - actions
nouns - things
prepositions - at, in, on, about (etc)
adjectives - descriptive words
wow, there are 8?!
2007-02-04 13:20:59 · answer #9 · answered by King Ebeneezer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋