Parts of Speech

  
   
Recognising Parts of Speech:   5 Quizzes    (IE5+ only)  Parts of Speech 1     2    3    4    5
  
Noun: A word which names a person, place or thing - examples - Jack, London, chair, table, beauty

 

Verb:  A doing word, tells us what someone or something is doing - examples: she sings, boys shout
 
Adjective:  A describing word,  tells us more about someone or something - large, green, beautiful
   
Conjunction:  A joining word, joins two words or groups of words together - examples - and, but, when
 
Look at this sentence:  Good food makes children healthy and strong
  
Good:        adjective
food:          noun
makes:      verb
children:    noun
healthy:      adjective
and:           conjunction
strong:       adjective