Fill in the Blanks The parts of speechOnline version The parts of speech indicate how the word functions in meaning and grammatically with in the sentence. There are eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and articles. by MELISSA GUADALUPE GONZÁLEZ YAM 1 pronouns of articles adjectives nouns verbs conjunctions adverbs prepositions speech parts The they are words that are used to make connections and indicate relationships between events . The are words used with nouns in phrases providing information about time , place and other connections involving actions and things . The are words used typically with nouns , to provide more information about the things . The are words used in place of noun phrases , typically referring to people and things already known . The are words used with nouns to form noun phrases classifying those things ( a , an ) . The are words used typically with verbs , to provide more information about actions , states and events . The are words to refer to people , objects , creatures , places , qualities , phenomena and abstract ideas . The are words used to refer to various kinds of actions and states involving people and things in events . The indicate how the word functions in meaning and grammatically with in the sentence .