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Parts of Speech
NOUN (N)
 Person,
place, or
thing
 Also,
qualities
feelings, concepts,
activities, and
measures
 There
was a scream of
skidding tires and then a
metallic thus, followed by
the sound of splintered
glass.
Verbs

Actions

Occurrences

State of being
Linking Verbs
•
Verbs that connect to other verbs
•
Have, had, were, will, would, etc
 Often
sentences
will have a verb
and a linking verb
to create a verb
phrase.
Stacy feels bad that she
will be leaving her
current colleagues.
Pronouns
 Words
to replace a
noun or other
pronoun

He/she

They/them

It

That

Etc
Scott gave the book to
Kelli so that she could
use it to study.
Adjectives

Modifies a noun or a pronoun
 Describes,

identifies, or quantifies words
Normally comes before the noun or pronoun
The second team played
during the last quarter.
Adverbs
 Modifies
a verb, adjective, or another
adverb
 Indicates
manner, time, place, cause, or
degree
 Answers
questions such as how, when
where and how much
The class worked hard
and successfully on the
project.
Prepositions
Common Prepositions


Links nouns to other
words in the sentence
Often referred to as
“any where a mouse
can go” (hint but not
always accurate

Under

Over

To

In

Between

Until

With

without
Booth jumped to the
stage and screamed at
the astonished
audience.
Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
 Can be used to link words,
phrases, or clauses
FANBOYS
Subordinate Conjunctions
 Shows a relationship
between an independent
clause and a dependent
clause.

After, although, since,
than, before, if, once, etc
Conjunctions continued
Correlative Conjunctions


Common
Appear in pairs
Used to link sentence
elements

Both…and

Either…or

Neither…nor

Not only…but also

Whether…or
Interjections
Example

Words expressing strong
feelings

Standing along require an
!

As part of sentence they
should be followed with a
,
 Oops!
I forgot to
send the
attachment.
Practice
Her
voice was musical but unlike
that of either of my friends.
Her pronoun
Voice noun
Was verb
Musical adj
But conjunction
Unlike preposition
That pronoun
Of prep
Either
Of prep
My poss pronoun
Friends noun