1. Noun: A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
* Person: *teacher, student, friend*
* Place: *school, park, city*
* Thing: *book, table, phone*
* Idea: *love, freedom, happiness*
2. Pronoun: A word that replaces a noun.
* I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them, mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
Example: *The teacher gave the students their assignments. (Students is the noun, they is the pronoun)*
3. Verb: A word that describes an action or a state of being.
* Action: *run, jump, sing, write, eat*
* State of being: *is, are, was, were, be, seem, become*
Example: *The dog barks loudly.*
4. Adjective: A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
* Size: *big, small, tiny, huge*
* Color: *red, blue, green, yellow*
* Shape: *round, square, triangular*
* Other qualities: *happy, sad, exciting, dangerous*
Example: *The tall building stands on the busy street.*
5. Adverb: A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
* How: *quickly, slowly, carefully, happily*
* When: *now, later, yesterday, soon*
* Where: *here, there, everywhere, nowhere*
* To what extent: *very, extremely, quite, somewhat*
Example: *The dog barks loudly.*
6. Preposition: A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.
* Location: *on, in, under, over, beside, behind*
* Direction: *to, from, toward, away from*
* Time: *before, after, during, since*
Example: *The cat sat on the table.*
7. Conjunction: A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
* Coordinating: *and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so*
* Subordinating: *because, since, although, while, if, unless*
Example: *I went to the store and bought some milk.*
8. Interjection: A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion.
* Wow! Ouch! Oh no! Help! Hooray!
Example: * Ouch! That hurt! *