English 9/10 - Quick Tips for Identifying Parts of Speech:

Noun – person, place, thing or abstract idea / Ask yourself if the word is a person, a place, a thing or an idea such as a thought
Pronoun - A word that is used in place of one or more nouns / They STAND IN PLACE of nouns
Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
Object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it,
us, them)
MEMORIZE these!
Adjective - A word that is used to describe or a noun or pronoun / It tells WHAT KIND, WHICH ONE or HOW MANY about the noun or pronoun
Locate the nouns and pronouns in the sentence then look for words that describe them
Verb - A word that is used to express action or state of being / To find the verb in the sentence, you need to first Identify the subject of the sentence. ASK: "What's going on (or being described) in this sentence?" Answer that and you've found your verb.
Let's look at a few examples:
1.  Lassie ran into the burning building.
2.  The beagle stepped on its ears.
What's going on in these sentences? A couple of dogs are doing stupid things; but what they are doing is the verb--in this case, Lassie ran and the beagle stepped . Both show action.
Some verbs don't show action. Instead, they link the subject to some other information: these are called, linking verbs. Common linking verbs are "to be" forms--such as, Be, being, am, is, are, was, were, shall be, will be, has been, have been, had been, shall have been, will have been, should be, would be, can be, could be, should have been, would have been, could have been
Appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn
MEMORIZE THESE!
Adverb – a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It makes the meaning of the verb, adjective or adverb clearer. / Tells WHERE, WHEN, HOW, or TO WHAT EXTENT (how long or how much)
Find the verb in the sentence, then look for words that describe the verb.
If the verb has no description, then look for the nouns in the sentence. Locate words that describe the noun (adjectives) and then look to see if there are any more words that describe the adjective – this will be the adverb.
Be careful when you find a verb and then an adverb, to look for any more adverbs that describe another adverb.
Ex – She ran super fast to the store
verb adverb adverb
Preposition - A word that shows the relationship (position) of a noun or pronoun to another word / A preposition usually comes BEFORE a noun
If you can put it with the phrase "The Box" it's a preposition. In the box, on the box, beside the box, next to the box, etc.
To find the object of a preposition, ask WHAT? after the prepositional word
* Remember – a prepositional phrase includes the preposition, it’s object AND any words in between the preposition and the object
Conjunction - A word that joins words or word groups that are part of a sentence / A JOINER or CONNECTOR (conjoins)
Know the difference between coordinating (FANBOYS) and Correlative (pairs of conjunctions)
Interjection - Is a word that expresses emotion. / Usually has EXCLAMATION MARK