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Parts of Speech
Nouns
 Names
a person,
place, thing, or idea
People
Friendship,
trust, love,
Apple,
worry, value, book,
liberty
Grammy
Award,
fever,
life
Skater,
grandfather, Mrs.
Griesel
valley,
school,
New York,
Council Rock
High School
North
Names any one of a
group of person,
places, things, or
ideas
children, nation,
event, holiday
Names a particular
person, place, thing,
or idea
America, June, Miami,
Valentine’s Day
 Hearing,
Names an object
that can be
perceived by the
senses
sight, smell,
taste, or touch
Guitar, cafeteria,
chicken, Ocean
City
Names a quality,
characteristic, emotion,
or idea

Skill, bravery,
love, charm,
solitude, humor
Collective
Nouns
names a group
class, fleet,
crew, team
Compound
Noun
Two or more words used together as
a single noun.
Some are written as one word,
some as separate, others as
hyphenated words
Sidewalk, telephone
pole, bull’s-eye

Due now

Exercise 1


1-5
Exercise 2

1-5
Pronoun
Personal
pronouns
in place of a noun or more than
one noun.
Relative
Interrogative
pronouns
pronouns
Reflexive and
Intensive
Pronouns
 Used
Demonstrative Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Personal pronouns
Interrogative pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Relative pronouns
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Antecedent
Ante-before
Pronoun
has to match to
antecedent
Match in : number & gender
Grandma
Moses began
painting when she was 76
years old.
The student left their school bag in the
hallway.
"Why should I study math? You don't get
anything out of it"
A person should be able to make up
their own mind about prayer in schools.
Do now: Exercises 3 and 4
Adjectives
A word used to modify a noun or
pronoun
Tell: how many: six days
which one: that game
what kind: old book
Due now: exercise 5 & 6 boys odd girls even
Prepositions
Shows a relationship of noun/pronoun to other
words in the sentence.
Always introduce a phrase
The noun or pronoun that ends the prepositional
phrase is the OBJECT of the preposition.
( Prepositions )
(Prepositional phrase) NEVER:
 Contains
sentence
Due Now
Exercise 11
the complements of the
Contains the subject
of the sentence
Direct object of
the sentence
Contains the verb
of the sentence
prepositional phrase
a
group of words containing a preposition
a noun or pronoun object of the preposition,
and any modifiers of the object.
NEVER: has the subject or verb of a
sentence in it
Verbs
A word that expresses action or helps to make a statement
Action Verbs
Dance, run, tell,
go
Think, believe,
estimate, consider
Express ACTION
Either physical or
mental
Action verbs which can
not be seen
Transitive Verbs
 Action
verb that takes an object
The object tells who or what receives the action
Jack crossed the school cafeteria.
Nicole tuned her car’s engine.
Intransitive Verb
 An
action verb that DOES NOT take an object.
The children laughed.
The letter came from your
aunt in Texas.
Nothing is
receiving the
action of laughed.
Nothing is
receiving the
action of came.
Help to make statement by
being a link between two
words.
Linking Verbs
Aka: state of being verbs;
Connects the subject with
a word that identifies or
describes it
am
is
are
was
were
& any verb ending in be or
been
is a form of be.
BE verbs
Other common Linking Verbs

Appear
 Seem

Become
 Smell

Grow

Look
 Sound

Remain
 Stay
 Taste
 Turn
Many linking verbs can be used as action verbs as well
 The
chicken tasted good.
The verb links the subject,
chicken, to a word that
describes it, good.
The chicken tasted good.
HW:
Did you taste the
chicken?
The verb describes an
action taken by the subject,
you
 Did
you taste the
chicken?
Consists of a main verb and at least one
helping or auxiliary verb
 Common
helping verbs:
Forms of be
Forms of have
Forms of do
Did speak
Must have been sleeping
Is working
 Auxiliary
Can
Could
May
Might
Must
Shall
Should
Will
Would
verbs
Due Now:
Exercise 7
&8
Girls=even
Boys=odd
Exercises 9 and 10

Used to modify a verb, adverb, or adjective
Adverb
tell
How
When
The drummer plays well.
Will summer be here soon?
Where
The shutters flew open.
To what
extent?
I have never seen the ocean.
Write your own example for each.
Due now: Review exercises 1
A, B, & C
conjunction
A
word used to join words or a group of
words.
Coordinating Conjunctions join words or groups of
words used in the same way.
FANBOYS
And but for or nor yet so
Advanced ticket sales were slow, but many
people showed up at the door.
Chose two of the FANBOYS and
write a sentence.
Correlative Conjunctions are use in pairs to join words or groups
of words used in the same way.
both…and
neither…nor
whether…or
either…or
not only…but (also)
Both moose and elk live in the north.
Now you do one.
Subordinating Conjunction
 Begins
clause.
a subordinate clause and connects to an independent
after
although
as
as if
as long as
as much as
as soon as
as well as
as though
because
how
if
inasmuch
in order that
lest
now that
provided (that)
since
even if
till ( or 'til)
unless
until
when
whenever
wherever
than
so that
even though
though
where
while
that
before
We should take a taxi since the bus is late. Now you
do…
An Interjection is a word that expresses emotion.
It has no grammatical relation to other words in the
sentence.
It is set off from the rest of the sentence by an exclamation
point or comma!
Hey! Watch out for the chair.
No, you may not flirt in school.
Do now exercise 13 odds
Homework evens
The part of speech is determined
by the way the word is used in the
sentence
Determining POS Parts of
Speech
Do now: Exercise 15
Homework exercise 2
Chapter review HW