a noun is a word or word group which is used to name a person, place, thing or idea. a common noun...
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PARTS OF SPEECH
By: Dulce Macias, Vanesa Lima, Elisa Ley, Kemisa Kassa
10-14-10Honors English
Period 4
Nouns (pg 3-6)
A noun is a word or word group which is used to name a person, place, thing or idea.
A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas and is generally not capitalized.
A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and is capitalized.
A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses.
An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic.
Examples: The boy was at Chuck E. Cheese.
Sarah’s intelligence made people envious.
Pronouns (pg 6-9)
A Pronoun is a word that is used in a place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
An Antecedent is a noun that the pronoun is replacing. Personal Pronouns are the ones speaking or the ones
spoken to, or the one spoken about. Demonstrative Pronouns are ones that point out a specific
person, place, thing, or idea. Interrogative Pronouns introduces a question.
Examples: Ms. Bohac bought a coffee from Starbucks. She enjoyed it.
My dog likes her toys. This is not the right house.
Who is at the door?
This That These
Those
Who? Whom? What ? Which? Whose?
Adjectives (pg 10-14)
An adjective is a word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun.
When they modify nouns or pronouns, they are called demonstrative adjectives.
When words are used as a pronoun, these words take the place of nouns, or other pronouns. When used as an adjective, they modify nouns or pronouns.
Articles are the most frequently used adjectives: a, an, & the
Examples:) Did Jennifer draw this picture or that one?
A girl won.
Verbs (pg 14-21)
A verb is a word that is used to express action or a state of being.
A helping verb (aka auxiliary verb) helps the main verb express action or a state of being.
Action verbs express either physical or mental action, while non-action verbs don’t.
Examples: Ex. Has my sister played my new CD for you?
Ex. The dog smelled the baked bread.
Can could did do does
had has have may might
must shall should will
would
Adverbs (pg 21-27)
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Adverbs always answer the question where? When? How? Or To what extent?
We lived th
ere.
May we go tomorro
w.
She quickly agreed.
He hardly moved.
Beth did an exceptionally fine job.
Slightly cooler temperatures are forecast.Mr. Lomazzi is an especially
talented chef.
Calving was almost never
there.
We’ll meet shortly
afterward.
She slept too late.
Prepositions (pg 28-31)
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word.
The noun or pronoun that a preposition relates another word to is called the object of the preposition.
Prepositions that consist of two or more words are called compound prepositions.
Commonly Used Prepositions(:
About after amid as behind beside
between beyond concerning except in
like off out past throughout toward
until with
Compound Prepositions:)according toas ofaside fromBy means ofin addition toin front ofin place ofin spite ofinstead ofnext toon account ofprior to
Conjunction (pg 31-33)
A conjunction is a word that joins words or word groups. A coordinating conjunction joins words or word groups that
are used in the same way. Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that join
words or word groups that are used in the same way.
for and nor
but or yet
so
both…andeither…or
whether…ornot only…but also
neither…nor
Interjections (pg 33-34)
An interjection is a word that expresses emotion. It has no grammatical relation to the rest of the
sentence!
ah aha boy-oh-boy hey
hurrah oh oops ouch uh-oh
well whew whoa wow
yahoo yikes yippee
BOOM!
POP!
OUCH!
HEYYY!