You have already learned about two of the parts of speech. You know that every sentence needs a verb. Verbs are one of the parts of speech. They are words that express an action or a state of being. You have also learned that subjects are whom or what a sentence is about. Did you notice that subjects was not listed on the parts of speech list? A subject is not a part of speech, but only certain kinds of words can be subjects. These words are nouns. Nouns are one of the parts of speech. Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas. Examples: student, Joe, Paris, classroom, pencil, freedom
Nouns can perform many jobs in sentences. Right now, the only noun job that we have studied is the job of subjects. Later, you’ll learn more jobs that nouns can perform. For now, just remember the definition of a noun and that nouns can be the subjects of sentences. So, you've already learned about verbs and nouns. Let's look at that parts of speech list again and see the parts that you have already studied. The Parts of Speech 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. Nouns can be subjects. Pronouns Verbs tell us what the subject is or does. Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections
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