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The 8 Parts of Speech
What are the eight parts of speech?
Noun Pronoun Adjective
Verb Adverb
Preposition Conjunction Interjection
Nouns
What Nouns Name
Persons: Mr. Johnson, mother, woman, Maria
Places: city, home, Texas, Canada Things: house, ring, shoe, table,
desk, month, light Ideas: grief, democracy, courage,
obedience
Pronouns
Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of… nouns to name persons, places, things, or ideas.
Adjectives
Adjectives
basic definition: Adjectives
modify NOUNS and
PRONOUNS.
Articles = Adjectives
The, a, and an are called articles.
Articles are always adjectives.
They modify nouns and pronouns.
Identify the Adjectives:
1. The two dark cats were walking on the fence.
1. “The” = Article
2. “two” = answers “how many?”
3. “dark” = answers “what kind?”
4. “the” = article
2. These southern countries have dry weather.
1. “These” = answers “which?”
2. “southern” = answers “what kind”
3. “dry” = answers “what kind”
Another example:
The chocolate one is his last cookie.
• “The” = article• “chocolate” = What kind• “his” = Possessive Pronoun as adj…answers
“whose”• “last” = answers “how many”
Verbs
Verbs
A verb is a word that:•expresses action
•makes a statement• links relationships.
Action Verbs
Action verbs do just that. They demonstrate action.
Examples: Jim hit the ball. Susie cooked spaghetti. Joey drove the tractor.
Linking Verbs
Linking verbs make statements OR they express links and relationships.
Examples, statements: She is a good girl.
He is a football player.
Examples, links/relationships: She is my mother.
That boy is my neighbor.
Special List of Linking Verbs
Linking verbs are on a special list. Here is that list:
Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has been, have been, had been, will be, shall be, may be, would have been, should have been, can be, should be, would be (any combination that ENDS with be or been.) seem, become, taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, grow, remain, stay
Examples
What is the verb in each sentence? Is it an action or a linking verb?
The tree grew to be quite tall. The man grew weary. She is looking at the picture. She is looking paler by the minute.
Adverbs
Adverbs Adverbs modify:
Verbs Adjectives other adverbs.
Adverbs answer these questions: WHERE? WHEN? HOW? HOW OFTEN? TO WHAT EXTENT?
Commonly Used Adverbs
Commonly used Adverbs: Here, there, away, up -- tell WHERE Now, then, later, soon, yesterday -- tell WHEN Easily, quietly, slowly, quickly -- tell HOW Never, always, often, seldom -- tell HOW OFTEN Very, almost, too, so, really -- tell TO WHAT EXTENT
Examples
1. The two dark cats were walking slowly on the fence.
2. Now it is time to trim the very long grass in the front yard.
3. She is never too easily frightened away.
Interjection
Interjection
An interjection is a word that expresses:
• a strong feeling
• command.
They have no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence.
Examples
Wait! I am not finished.Great, I would love to go to the beach.
Conjunction
Conjunction
Conjunctions are words that join words or groups of words
Coordinating Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions include: for, and, nor, but , or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
These conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses of equal value.
Clauses of equal value are called INDEPENDENT CLAUSES and can stand on their own as separate sentences.
Example
John is running in this race, and I am carrying his water bottle.
Prepositions
Prepositions
Prepositions show relationships between nouns or pronouns and other words in a sentence.
Most Commonly Used Prepositions Aboard, about, above, across, after,
against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, into, like, of, off, on, over, past, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without
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