Download The 8 Parts of Speech

The 8 Parts of Speech
NOUNS
• Nouns name persons, places, things, or concepts
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pilot
house
toy
happiness
• Proper name specific persons, places things, or
concepts
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Bill
Iowa
Supreme Court
Buddhism
• Collective nouns name groups
– Team
– Flock
– Jury
Practice: Complete the sentences
below with the correct types of noun.
1. Emily brought the _______ with her to
school. (Noun)
2. Jose hopes to visit _________ one day.
(Proper Noun)
3. I saw a _______ on television today.
(Collective Noun)
VERBS
• Verbs move the meaning of a sentence by:
– Showing action (run, gaze, understand)
– Showing occurrence (become, happen)
– Showing a state of being (be, seem)
**Auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) combine with other
verbs to create verb phrases
o Include forms of be, do, and have
o Also include can, could, may, must, shall, should, will,
and would
Practice: Complete the sentences
below with the correct types of verb.
1. I ________ to the event. (Verb that shows
action)
2. The party ________ last weekend. (Verb that
shows occurrence)
3. She _______ very happy. (Verb that shows
being)
4. I _______ do my homework tonight. (Auxiliary)
PRONOUNS
• Pronouns function as nouns in sentences and often
take the place of nouns.
– Personal Pronouns: refer to specific persons or things.
• I, you, he, she, it, we, they
– Indefinite Pronouns: Do not refer to specific nouns
• All, some, any, none, somebody, anything
– Possessive Pronouns: indicate ownership.
• My, mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, etc.
• The noun that a pronoun refers to or replaces is
called an antecedent.
– Tom said he wasn’t at the part.
Practice: Complete the sentences below
with the correct types of pronoun.
1. ________ likes peanut butter a lot. (Personal)
2. ________of you may want to listen.
(Indefinite)
3. _______ house is amazing! (Possessive)
ADJECTIVES
• Adjective modify (limit the meaning of) nouns
and pronouns, usually by:
– Describing (The red Corvette ran off the slippery
road.)
– Identifying (That Corvette is totaled.)
– Quantifying (We saw many more Corvettes that
day.)
– Articles are also considered modifiers (the, a, an)
Practice: Complete the sentences below
with the correct types of adjective.
1. That was a very ________ baby. (Describing)
2. ______ day will forever by remembered as
the day I ran over the mailbox.
3. I have seen _______ aliens in my lifetime.
ADVERBS
• Adverbs modify:
– Verbs: I recently lost my job.
– Adjectives: It was an extremely confusing movie.
– Other adverbs: They very nearly captured the flag.
Practice: Complete the sentences below
with the correct types of adverb.
1. I __________ hate alfalfa sprouts. (modifies verbs)
2. What a _________ adorable house that is!
(modifies adjectives)
3. She __________ positively vexes me! (modifies
adverbs)
PREPOSITIONS
• Structural words that express relationships in:
– Space (down, up, over)
– Time (before, after, until)
– Other senses (against, except)
Practice: Complete the sentences
below with a preposition.
1. When searching for your keys, you should
always look _______ the couch.
2. I like to workout _________ I eat a good meal.
3. Don’t run ________ me!
CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions connect words or groups of words
to each other. Let’s start with one…
1. Coordinating Conjunctions-Join equal
structures (and, but, or, yet, nor for, so)
FANBOYS!
EX: The boys ate two pies, and they loved both.
Practice: Complete the sentences
below with a coordinating conjunction.
1. I went to the movies _____ I went to the
mall.
2. A huge ________ docile dog approached us.
INTERJECTIONS
• Interjections express surprise or emotion: oh,
ouch, ah, hey, yes, hurray, etc.
Practice: Complete the sentences
below with an interjection.
1. ______! I aced my quiz.
2. ______! It’s a leprechaun.
PRACTICE MADLIBS
The _______ was preparing for his dive into the
noun-person
_______. Before he jumped _______ the boat,
noun-place
preposition
he always _________ his wife. ____ was always
action verb
Personal pronoun
very _______about his diving, ______ she will be
adjective
conjunction
________ happy the day he ____________.
Adverb
action verb