All words are classified by type. The type is called a "part of speech". Parts of speech explain how words are used in sentences
| Part of Speech | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Noun | A noun is the name of a person, animal, place, thing, or idea | singer, goat, garden, bus, truth |
| Verb | A word that expresses an action or condition, a doing word | be, bite, sing, run |
| Pronoun | A word that can take the place of a noun | me, he, she, it, they |
| Adjective | A word that describes a noun | good, hungry, large, late, beautiful |
| Adverb | A word that describes a verb | slowly, patiently, boldly, freshly |
| Preposition | A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. | in, before, without, of |
| Conjunction | A word that links or joins words, phrases or clauses | and, because, so, if |
| Interjection | A word that expresses emotion, usually followed by an exclamation mark or question mark | ouch! eh? hey! |
