The Eight Parts of SpeechWOC 1.3 Parts of Speech
• Nouns• Pronouns• Verbs• Adjectives• Adverbs• Prepositions• Conjunctions• Interjections
Nouns• What is a noun?
Noun• A noun is a word or word group
that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea such as…
Personsteacher
President Obamachef
Dr. Seuss
PlacesGrand Canyon
cityMadrid Middle School
Paris, France
ThingsGreat Wall of China
pizzaL.A. Lakers
desk
IdeasHappiness
Braveryliberty
self-control
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• London, England
Place
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• Mrs. Tanaka
Person
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• Capitalism
Idea
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• monument
Thing
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• Statue of Liberty
Thing
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• Hogwarts School of Wizardry
Place
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• mongoose
Thing
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• Freedom
Idea
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• Kobe Bryant
Person
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?
• California
Place
Identify the nouns in the sentence.
• Pete ate peppers with pizza.
Petepeppers
pizza
Identify the nouns in the sentence.
• Jonathan climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.
JonathanMt. Kilimanjaro
Identify the nouns in the sentence.
• When I was six, I went to Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls
(I is a pronoun)