| A | B |
| noun | A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. |
| common noun | A word that names an ordinary noun. |
| proper noun | A word that names a specific noun. |
| pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun. |
| adjective | A word that modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun. |
| proper adjective | A word formed from a proper noun. |
| adverb | A word that modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or adverb. |
| verb | A word that shows action or state of being. |
| helping verb | A word that helps the main verb. |
| linking verb | A word that links the subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective in the predicate. |
| preposition | A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. |
| conjunction | A word that joins words or groups of words. |
| article | The adjectives A, AN, THE. |
| interjection | An exclamatory word that expresses emotion. It stands alone - away from the rest of the sentence. |
| adjective | Answers the questions: What kind? Which one? How many? |
| adverb | Answers the questions: How? When? Where? To what degree or extent? |