| 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? |