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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