Parts of Speech

Nouns:
Definition:	A person, place, thing or idea.
Example:	University, book, or girl
Pronoun:
Definition:	Words used to replace a noun or noun phrase
Example:	He, she, it, they, we, our
Adjectives:
Definition:	Modifies a noun.
Example:	Fast, slow, pretty, ugly, or tall
Verbs:
Definition:	Action words that talk about something being done.
Example:	To ski, swim, jog, or climb
Adverbs:
Definition:	Modifies the verb, telling how it is done.
Example:	Quickly, poorly, or well
Conjunctions:
Definition:	Used to join words, clauses, sentences or phrases.
Example:	and, or
Prepositions:
Definition:	Words of time or place.
Example:	In, through, or by