Fill in the Blanks Parts of SpeechOnline version Definitions for the eight parts of speech for language arts class. by Maria Orlando 1 modifies person names grammatical place noun words joins takes action object relationship of another noun adjective links emotion modifies word idea words word subject Noun : a word that a , , thing , or Pronoun : a word that the place a Adjective : a word that a or pronoun Verb : a that shows , being , or a subject to a complement Adverb : a word that a verb , an , or adverb Conjunction : a word that two or two groups of Interjection : a word or words that show but has no function Preposition : a word that shows a between its and another in the sentenc e