English Language Grammar and Vocabulary PracticePlease select the correct adjective to complete the sentence. Link to answers at bottom
Introducing the Eight Parts of Speech
English Language Grammar Lessons
English grammar uses words based on eight parts of speech:
the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction,and the interjection.
Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is used.
The same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next.
The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb states something about the subject of the sentence. The verb depicts actions, events, or states of being.
A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract concepts. A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an appositive, an adjective or an adverb.
Pronouns as a part of speech can replace a noun, another pronoun, noun phrases and perform most of the functions of a noun.
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. Many consider articles: "the, a, an" to be adjectives.
An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a complete clause by indicating manner, time, place, cause, or degree.
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.
Conjunctions link words, phrases, and clauses.
An interjection is a part of speech used to show or express emotion or illustrate an exclamation.
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