Question

What are the eight parts of speech?

A. nouns, participles, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, subordinators, conjunctions
B. nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, phrases, clauses, conjunctions
C. nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, articles
D. nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, conjunctions

Answer 1

The Eight Parts of Speech. There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.