The Parts of Speech 9th Grade

The Noun

• Noun – person, place, thing, or idea

• Examples:• The runner is very fast. • The park is very beautiful.•My book is heavy.• The key to life is happiness.

The Noun• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk4N5kkifGQ

The Noun• Common Noun – any noun that is not capitalized

• Examples:• Car• Desk• Park• Man• Woman• School• Statue• Sunlight

The Noun• Proper Noun – a noun that names a specific

person, place, thing or idea AND is always capitalized!!!!

• Examples:• Mr. Ybarra• Central Catholic High School• Statue of Liberty• George Washington• The White House• The Liberty Bell

The Noun• Abstract Noun – an idea that cannot be perceived

by the senses but is still a noun

• Examples:• Liberty• Justice• Freedom• Catholicism• Happiness• Sadness

The Pronoun• Pronoun – takes the place of a noun

• Examples:• I• Me• He• She• It• You• Yours• Their• They • Them

The Pronoun• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZFca8AkT0

The Pronoun• Reflexive/Intensive – always ends in -self or –

selves

• Examples• I enjoyed myself at the game.• Thomas hit the homerun himself.

The Pronoun• Demonstrative – points out a specific thing; there

are only 4 of them!!!• This, That, These, Those

• Examples• This is the best class!! • That is a cool car. • I really like these. • Are those your books?

The Pronoun• Relative Pronoun – begins a subordinate clause

(always follows a noun)• Who, Which, That

• Examples:• He is the guy who made the winning basket. • The car that I like is over there. • He really likes the pants which he bought yesterday.

The Pronoun• Indefinite – names an indefinite amount of

persons, places or things (amount is unknown)

• Examples:• I like all of the people at the party.• I like some of the people at the party. • I like none of the people at the party. • Everyone had a great time. • Nobody had a good time. • Somebody had a good time.

The Verb• Verb – shows action or state of being

(action/linking)• All sentences MUST have a verb

• Action verbs are things that you can do physically or mentally

• Linking verbs show state of being

• Examples:• I ran in the park. (action)• I am smart. (linking)

The Verb• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzY

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The Verb• Helping Verbs – help an action verb make clearer

sense

• Examples:• I will be reading the book tomorrow. • I must have that game!

• Helping verbs are considered part of the main verb, so you must underline the entire verb phrase!!!

The Adjective• Adjective – describes a noun (this is the only thing

it does)

• Examples:• He has a fast car. • I have a blue house. • Her dog is loud.

The Adjective• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs

The Adverb• Adverb – Modifies a verb, an adjective, or another

adverb (most words that end in –ly are adverbs)

• Examples:• He slowly walked down the street. • I will leave the country tomorrow. • Please step up. Please step down.

The Adverb• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14fXm4FOMP

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The Adverb• Adverbs can tell where, how much, to what extent

• Examples:• He is very smart. (adjective)• I walked very slowly to the park. (adverb)

The Preposition Phrase• Prepositional Phrase – connects a preposition with

a noun (all prepositional phrases must end in a noun called the Object of the Preposition)

• Examples:• I am from St. Louis.• He went to the store.• She is at home. • The dog crawled under the house. • Mark ran around the block.

The Preposition• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfExXGMX2JM

The Conjunction• Conjunction – connects words, phrases, clauses or

sentences together

• 4 types of conjunctions:• Coordinating (FANBOYS)• Correlative (work in pairs)• Subordinate (begin a clause)• Conjunctive Adverb

The Conjunction • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc

The Conjunctions• Coordinating – For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So• Correlative – (Either, Or) (Neither, Nor) (Not Only,

But Also)• I went to the dance, and I had a great time. • I love music and movies. • He went to the game, but his favorite team lost. • I love college basketball, so I watch it all the time.

• I went not only to the mall but also to the restaurant. • He will either pass the test or fail the test.