 Parts of speech Words Words do different jobs in a sentence. When we talk about grammar, we have names for the different words. Common parts of speech nouns verbs pronouns and adjectives noun A noun is a person, place, or thing like a horse Chen or the Golden Gate Bridge Examples of nouns Maria book and computer verb Verbs are words that show action or a state or condition Verbs also tell the time of the action or state or condition They tell us if the action is happening now in the present in the past or in the future For example He runs every day Runs is the verb Examples of verbs study and listen pronoun a Pronoun is a word that we use in the place of a noun We usually need a noun in a sentence before so we know what the pronoun is referring to There are many kinds of pronouns in English Common pronouns are subject pronouns and possessive adjectives Examples of subject pronouns The first person singular we use the pronoun I First person plural we use the pronoun we For second person singular and plural we use the pronoun you For third person singular we use the pronoun he if referring to a male We use the pronoun she if referring to a female and the pronoun it if referring to a thing For third person plural we use the pronoun they possessive adjectives For first person singular we say my The first person plural we say our For second person singular and plural we use the possessive adjective your For third person singular we use his her or it's For third person plural we use their adjective Adjectives describe nouns They give more information about people places and things They can describe size color shape or condition Using adjectives when you write can help the reader imagine what you are writing about Examples of adjectives big little and yellow The end