Parts of Speech Review

Kari Brooks

6th Language Arts

The Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives

Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections

Nouns

A person, place, thing, or idea

– man, John, shopper, President, store, Atlantic Ocean, house, movie theater, gift, tree, dog, computer, love, strength, hope

Pronouns

Take the place of nouns

• Personal Pronouns……– she, it, they, I, me, mine, him, her, their, you

• Demonstrative Pronouns…– this, that, these, those

Verbs

Shows action or condition of the person, place, thing, or idea

• Action Verbs– jump, leap, throw, run, love, hope

• Linking Verbs– am, is, are, was, were, appear, seem, smell, remain,

• Helping Verbs– have, has, may, does, would, could

Adjectives

Describe nouns and pronounsAnswers What kind? Which one? How many/much?

pretty, long, red, big, bright, short, nice, colorful

Possessive Adj. his, her, your, their, our

Articles A, an, the

Adverbs

Describe verbs, adjectives, and adverbs Answers Where? When? How? To what extent?

slowly, quickly, nicely, very, inside,

Test tomorrow

Prepositions

Relate a noun or pronoun to another

word in the sentence

around, in, through, over, beneath, past, since, with, out, by, according to, on account of

Inside

On

Next toBeside

Under

Conjunctions

Connect words, groups of words, and whole sentences

• Coordinating: and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet

• Correlative: both…and either…or neither…nor not only…but also

whether…or

InterjectionsWords that express sudden

excitement or strong feeling

– golly, hey, oh, oops, ouch, well, wow, whew

OhNo!

Aha!

Name the Part of Speech

me aha Both…and blue

am girl tomorrow and

golly the tired in

for fell Oacoma he

Bibliography

http://www.chamberlainsd.org/ (bridge picture)