1. Parts of SpeechKaren Silvestri, Instructional Specialist

2. Why do I need to know them?O To correctly construct a sentence, you needto know what each words function is in thatsentence.O Knowing the parts of speech will help you:O Determine the proper verb tenseO Determine which pronoun case to useO Insure proper subject-verb agreementO Determine the subject of the sentence 3. Noun Names aNames aperson thingNames aNames placean idea 4. NounCan you name some nouns?DogGirlAnt Moon Love Hate Table 5. Can you pick out the nouns in this sentence?O The shoplifter stole a book from the store.O The shoplifter stole a book from the store. 6. PronounO Take the place of nouns.O Why?O So the writer doesnt have to repeat thenoun over and over again!O Tom took Toms book to Toms house.O Tom took his book to his house. 7. Some common pronounsImemyMyselfHe Him His HimselfSheHer HersHerselfIt Its ItselfThey ThemTheir ThemselvesYouYourYourselvesWhoWhose Which WhatThat ThisThese those 8. Indefinite PronounsO They are called indefinite because we arentsure who or what the noun is they refer to.O Everyone is going to the party.O We arent sure exactly who everyone is! Sothis is called an indefinite pronoun. 9. An easy way to remember indefinite pronounsO All the bodies, all the ones, all the things areindefinite pronouns!Anybody Nobody SomebodyEverybodyAnyoneNo one Someone EveryoneAnythingNothingSomething Everything Also, EACH, EITHER, NEITHER are indefinite pronouns. 10. VerbO Words that show action or a state of beingO I walk home.O I am a mother.O He is a doctor. 11. Helping VerbIsWasWereHasHaveHadWill have Will be He is going to the mall. The helping We had helped every time. verbs HELP theother verbs! It will be raining soon. 12. AdjectiveO Modifies nouns and The red car crossed the southpronouns river on the rickety bridge. Two people were in the car.O Answer thequestions What kind of car? redO Which one? Which river?southO What kind?O How many? What kind ofricketybridge? How many people were intwo the car? 13. Which words are adjectives? O The shaggy dog lay down on a soft mat in front of the warm fireplace. O The shaggy dog lay down on a soft mat in front of the warm fireplace. 14. AdverbO Modifies the verb, adjectives, orother adverbs How angrywas she?She was veryShe wasangry at the man.VERY angry! 15. Preposition O Helps signal a placeABOVEthe table ON thetableBESIDE thetable UNDER thetableBELOW the table 16. Preposition O Helps signal a time DURINGsleepBEFOREAFTER sleep sleep 17. PrepositionO Helps signal a sourceAboutAgainst AtByBecause of Due toExceptForFrom OfOff ToToward WithWithout here 18. Other PrepositionsAmongAcrossAround BehindBeneathBetween Beyond ByIn IntoInside NearOutOutside Over OnThroughUpWithin SinceUntilupon 19. What are the prepositions inthe sentence?O The dog decided to take a nap under theblanket by the back door.O The dog decided to take a nap under theblanket by the back door. The word to does NOT function as a preposition in this sentence! When the word to comes before a verb to take we call that an INFINITIVE. It is NOT a preposition if it is paired with a verb. 20. ConjunctionO Words that join two or more words orphrases Do you milk inwant sugaror yourcoffee? 21. An easy way to remembersome conjunctionsO These are called coordinating conjunctions FFor AAnd NNor BBut OOr YYet SSo 22. An easy way to remembersome conjunctionsO These are called subordinating conjunctions WWhen, where, wherever, whenever, whereas, whether,whileA As, as if, as long as, as though, althoughS Since, so thatB Before, BecauseI IfT Though 23. InterjectionO Words that show SURPRISE or EMOTIONO Wow!O Finally!O No way! 24. Review: Identify the part of speech of each underlined word.The old king rested on his golden throne. Thepretty princess sat next to him. Two knightsentered the large room. They asked the king tomarry the princess. The princess laughed. She toldher father, I want to go to college, and I will notmarry either knight. The wise king thought shewas very smart, so he told the sad knights to leave.The first knight said, Oh no! and quickly left theroom. The second knight said, Oh my God! This isterrible news. The depressed knights left thethrone room. 25. Answer KeyThe old king rested on his golden throne. Theadj nounverb preppronadjnounpretty princess sat next to him. Two knightsadjnoun verbprep prep pronadj nounentered the large room. They asked the king to verb adj nounpronverb nounmarry the princess. The princess laughed. She told verbnounnoun verbpronoun verbher father, I want to go to college, and I will not pron noun pronverbverb prep noun conj pronverbmarry either knight. The wise king thought sheverb pron nounadjnounverbpronounwas very smart, so he told the sad knights to leave. verbadvadjconjpron verbadjnounverbThe first knight said, Oh no! and quickly left theadj noun verb intejconjadvverbroom. The second knight said, Oh my God! This isnounadjnounverbintej verbterrible news. The depressed knights left theadjnounadj noun verbthrone room.adjnoun