Nouns
This is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Common Noun
Our headlights made a tunnel of light.
Action Verb
Nothing prepared me for that first unforgettable view.
Adjective
A personal pronoun acts like this part of speech...
A noun
He slid into first base.
Preposition
This is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Proper Noun
An elephant suddenly burst through the trees.
Action Verb
I suddenly faced an immense mass of ice and rock pushing towards the vault of our sky.
Adjective
This type of pronoun is used to ask a question.
Interrogative Pronoun
The tiger was immensely fierce and powerful.
This names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Plural Noun
It was incongruous that such a huge, powerful animal could be frightened witless just by the lights of a car.
Linking Verb
An avalanche silently began from somewhere on the mountain's height.
Adverb
Intensive Pronoun
Correlative conjunction
This names something that cannot be percieved with the five senses.
Abstract Noun
It was incongruous that such a huge, powerful animal could be frightened witless just by the lights of a car.
Auxiliary Verb
For many moments I stood motionless at the majesty of the scene.
Adverb
This type of pronoun points out specific persons, places, things, or ideas.
Demonstrative Pronoun
The director praised the cast prior to the performance.
Preposition
This part of speech names a group of people, places, things, or ideas.
Collective Noun
It was incongruous that such a huge, powerful animal could be frightened witless just by the lights of a car.
Linking Verb
This type of adjective is formed from a proper noun.
Proper Adjective
This type of pronoun introduces a subordinate clause.
Relative Pronoun
Sally held the thieves off until Bobby was safe.
Subordinating Conjunction