The Eight Essential Building Blocks (parts of speech)

Noun: A noun is a person, place, thing, quality, or act.
Examples: pencil, girl, supermarket, happiness


Verb: Verbs are action or existence words that tell what nouns do.
Examples: to fly, to run, to be, jump, lived


Adjective: An adjective describes a noun.
Examples: hairy, crazy, wonderful


Adverb: An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb. It often ends in "ly".
Examples: carefully, easily, barely


Interjection: An outcry or sudden utterance. Usually starts a sentence.
Examples: Wow, Gosh, Darn


Preposition: A preposition describes the relationship between a noun and another noun (or verb or adverb).
Examples: to, under, for, at, by, from


Conjunction: A conjunction joins together words, phrases, or clauses.
Examples: and, or, but


Pronoun: A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase that is understood from context.
Examples: he, it, they

 

 

Here are to fun Grammar sites:

An Excellent British Site with online activities and games to teach the use of grammar.

A Simple  fun online grammar game