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IVAN CAPP
The 8 Parts of Speech
Interjection
• An interjection is a word or phrase used to
express EMOTION.
VERBS
• A verb is a word used to express an
action, a condition, or a state of being.
• There are 3 types of Verbs.
– Action Verbs
– Linking Verbs
– Helping Verbs
Action Verbs
• An ACTION VERB tells what the subject
does.
Physical Action: Run, Jump, swim
Mental Action: wish, hope, dream
Linking Verbs
• A LINKING VERB links its subject to a
word in the predicate.
• FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were,
be, being, been, have, has, had
Helping Verbs
• HELPING VERBS help main verbs
express action or precise shades of
meaning.
Helping Verbs
23 (But really 24) Helping Verbs (song)
Helping verbs, helping verbs, there are 23
am is are
was were
being been be
has have had
do does did
shall should will would
There are 5 more helping verbs
may might must can could
* seem
Definition – Helping verb is a word that helps an action verb or “be” verb in a
sentence.
hv
mv
Ex. Simon is helping Brittney with lunch.
hv mv
Ex. Main ideas were used for this example.
Adjectives
• An ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or
describes, a noun or pronoun.
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Adjectives answer 3 questions:
What Kind?
Which one or ones?
How many or How much?
Nouns
• A NOUN is a word that names a
PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA.
• Common Nouns:
– The general name for a person, place, thing,
or idea.
• Proper Nouns:
– The name of a particular person, place, thing,
or idea.
– Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized.
Conjunctions
• A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join
words or groups of words. CONNECTORS
What is FANBOYS?
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For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Adverb
• An ADVERB is a word that modifies a
verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
• Adverbs answer 4 questions:
– How? Suddenly, carefully, sadly
– When? Now, later, soon
– Where? There, up, ahead
– To What Extent? Completely, totally, fully
Pronoun
• A PRONOUN is a word that is used in
place of a noun.
• EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers,
my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs
Preposition
• A PREPOSITION is a word that shows a
relationship between a noun or a pronoun to
other words in the sentence.
• About, above, across, against, among,
around…
• Behind, beside, below, between, during,
except, by, down…
• Over, under, of, off, on…
• Through, beneath, to, after,
• Toward, up, onto, unto, into, in
Website
• Teacher Videos, Grammar rock, parts of
speech, etc.
• http://teachertube.com/