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PARTS of SPEECH
NOUN- What is the person, place, or thing?
VERB- What is the action? (they’re what you do)
 Special types of verbs are HELPING (AUXILARY) VERBS. They help us
understand the main verb. They are:
Do
May
Has
Is
Be
Could
Shall
Does
Must
Have
Am
Being
Would
Will
Did
Might
Had
Are
Been
Should
Can
Was
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Were
There are two types of main verbs. ACTION VERBS are actions you can
perform, such as “run.” LINKING VERBS connect the subject to a noun or
adjective. The most common are “is,” “am,” “are,” “was,” “were,” and “been.”
ADJECTIVE- What describes the nouns? (tells the who or what)
 Special types of adjective are ARTICLES. They are “a,” “an,” and “the.”
ADVERBS- What describes the verbs? (tells the when, where, or to what extent/ how
much/ how often)
 Adverbs often end in “-ly.”
PRONOUN- What takes the place of a noun? (They take the place of someone or
something’s name: I, you, he, she, it, etc.)
CONJUNCTIONS- What connects two or more things in the sentence? (These are
“and,” “but,” “or”)
INTERJECTIONS- What expresses excitement or emotion? (These are words like
“wow,” “gosh,” “hey,” etc.)
PREPOSITIONS- These begin phrases which usually tell us where or when something
happens.
 Notice that prepositions include many opposites, such as “off” and “on,” and “up”
and “down.”
Guide for finding the parts of a sentence.
1. What/ who does the action?
 This is the SUBJECT.
 SAM throws Sally the ball.
2. What is the action?
 This is the VERB (simple predicate-action verb).
 Sam THROWS Sally the ball.
3. What has the action done to it?
 This is the DIRECT OBJECT.
 Sam throws Sally the BALL.
4. What/ who has the action done for it?
 This is the INDIRECT OBJECT.
 Sam throws SALLY the ball.
5. If there does not seem to be an action, is there one word that links the subject to a
noun or adjective later in the sentence?
 This is the VERB ( a linking verb).
 Sam IS a baseball player.
6. If there is a linking verb, what is the subject being linked to?
 This is the PREDICATE WORD.
 Sam is a baseball PLAYER.