The Big 8

The Namers: Nouns

The Replacers: Pronouns

The Qualifiers: Adverbs

The Connectors: Conjunctions

The Performers: Verbs

The Describers: Adjectives

The Relaters: Prepositions

The Exclaimers: Interjections

(Adapted from Language Arts Handbook Silver Burdett Glinn 1995)