Adjectives are the part of speech that modify, identify qualify or otherwise describe the noun.  An adjective is usually found immediately before the nouns that it is modifying. The brilliant boy [...]

Interjections are sounds, words or phrases which are used to express emotions. Interjections can stand alone. “Interjection” comes from the Latin word interjicere (throw between). [...]

Conjunctions connect words, phrases, or groups of words in a sentence.  “Conjunction” comes from the Latin word conjungere (join together). The words or phrases being connected should [...]

Prepositions are a very important part of English sentence. A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and other words in the sentence. A preposition is a [...]

Adverbs are words that modify or gives more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or even the entire sentence. Adverbs tell you how something is done, when something is done, or [...]

Verbs are a necessary part of every sentence. Every subject in a sentence must have a verb. Verbs present themselves in the many different ways, but as a part of a sentence, we recognize the [...]

Pronouns are those words – it, she, him, that, who –  that take the place of a noun or noun phrases. We use a pronoun instead of repeating a noun –  If we didn’t have [...]

The word “noun” comes from the Latin word nomen which means “name,” and nouns are how we name people, places and things. What do we mean by a noun? Simply put, nouns are [...]

It’s amazing to think that every single word in the English language belongs to one of just eight word groups or parts-of-speech A few of these parts of speech are easy to remember – nouns, [...]