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Identifying Parts of
Speech & their
Functions
Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions,
Adjectives, & Adverbs; Subjects & Objects
What is the subject?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• girl – this word tells who
performed the action of
waiting
Is the subject a noun or
pronoun?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• noun– it is a word for a
person
What part of speech is young?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• adjective – this word
describes the noun “girl”.
What is the verb?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• waited – this word tells what
action the girl did.
What part of speech is quietly?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• adverb – this word tells how
the girl waited
What part of speech is for?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• preposition
What is the prepositional
object?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• mother– this word tells for
whom the young girl waited
Does the verb “waited” have a
direct object?
• The young girl waited quietly
for her mother.
• no– there is no noun or
pronoun directly receiving the
action of waited
What is the subject?
• He is carefully studying the
important grammar in the
book.
• He– this word tells who is
doing the action of studying
Is the subject a noun or
pronoun?
• He is carefully studying the
important grammar in the
book.
• pronoun– “he” substitutes for
a word that names a person,
such as “Tom” or the “man”.
What part of speech is
carefully?
• He is carefully studying the
important grammar in the
book.
• adverb – the word tells how
he is studying.
What is the verb?
• He is carefully studying the
important grammar in the book.
• is studying – these words tell
what action he did. The verb
has 2 parts. “is” is the auxiliary
or helping verb, and “studying” is
the main verb.
What part of speech is
important?
• He is carefully studying the
important grammar in the
book.
• adjective – this word
describes the noun
“grammar”
Does the verb “is studying”
have a direct object?
• He is carefully studying the
important grammar in the book.
• yes– studying what?
• What is the direct object in the
sentence above?
• grammar – “grammar” is the object
of the verb or direct object
What is the prepositional
object?
• He is carefully studying the
important grammar in the
book.
• book– this word tells in what
he is studying grammar. “in”
is a preposition.