[header] How to find parts of speech in text [title] Identify the two basic parts of speech in a sentence. [step] There are two basic parts of speech that will appear in a sentence: a noun and a verb. [substeps] A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. 
For example: " woman ", " montana ", " pen ", " sadness ". A noun often appears after an article, such as " the ", " a ", or " an ", in a sentence.