List the eight parts of speech and give an example of each.

1. Noun - a person, place, thing, or idea

Example: dog, city, love

2. Pronoun - a word used in place of a noun
Example: he, she, they

3. Verb - expresses action or existence
Example: run, eat, think

4. Adjective - describes or modifies a noun
Example: happy, tall, blue

5. Adverb - describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb
Example: quickly, very, loudly

6. Preposition - shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence
Example: on, in, at

7. Conjunction - connects words, phrases, or clauses
Example: and, but, or

8. Interjection - a word or phrase that expresses strong emotion
Example: wow, oh my goodness, hey