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Parts of Speech Parts of Speech Need help? Check out Chapter 1, pages 2 – 30 in Holt Traditions, Sixth Course Nouns - Definition: A word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or an idea. -Examples: Mr. Maveus, Jane Eyre, rope, and book, faith. Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns Common Noun: -Definition: A common noun names any one of a group or persons, places, things, or ideas and is generally not capitalized. -Examples: Book, school, marker, computer, phone, and backpack. Proper Noun: -Definition: A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea, and is capitalized. -Examples: Holt Handbook, Marian Central CatholicHigh School, Mac computer, IPhone, and Jansport backpack. Other nouns include concrete, abstract, compound, and collective. Check out page 4-5 in Holt for examples/ explanations Pronouns - Definition: A word that is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns. -Examples: I, they, your, our, she, we, them, he, us, him, his, their, them, and its. He is playing with the train. They are playing all together. Is she sleeping in her bed? Personal Pronoun -Definition: A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking is first person, the one spoken to is second person, or the one being spoken to is third person. -First Person: I, me, my, mine, we, us, ours, our. -Second person: you, yours, your. -Third person: He, him his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs. Look, I am good at reading! They are playing jump rope. You click the icon to open the game. Demonstrative and Interrogative Pronouns -Demonstrative Pronouns: -Definition: A demonstrative pronoun is used to point our a specific person, place, thing, or idea. -Examples: This, That, These, Those. I think this is good enough. -Interrogative Pronouns: -Definition: An interrogative pronoun introduces a question. -Examples: Who, whom, which, what, whose. Hmmm, who is in my class? Other pronouns include reflexive, intensive, and indefinite and relative pronouns. Look those up on pages 8-10 in Holt. Adjective -Definition: A word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun. Green Die. Transparent ghost Old Man Haunted House Demonstrative Adjectives and Articles -Demonstrative Adjective: -Definition: A demonstrative adjective is an adjective modifies a noun or pronoun. -Example: -Did Jenifer draw this one or that one? -Let’s take these sandwiches and those apples on our picnic. -Articles: -Definition: An Indefinite Article is when they refer to any member of a group. -Examples: -A girl won. -The one day sale is on Saturday. Verb -Definition: A verb that is used to express action or a state of being. -Example: Texting, jumping, push, doing. Mom is helping jack do his homework. She is exercising. The boys are loading the bus. Helping Verbs -Definition: Helping Verbs help the main verb express action, time, or a state of being. -Examples: can, do, has, might, should, and could. Hey! You should put the toys in the box. Please, can you cut the cake now? Transitive/Intransive Verbs Transitive Verb: has an object (word/word group that tells who/what receives the action. Intransitive verb: does not have an object The rain fell yesterday afternoon. Please, can you cut the cake now? Rainfall canceled the game yesterday. Adverb - Definition: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another word. -Examples: There, up, here, down, tomorrow, weekly, later, and early. The girl is going to ride her bike up the street. It is going to rain tomorrow and weekly from now on. Preposition -Definition: A word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word. - Gives words/sentences dimension. -Examples: Aboard, below, from, since, about, beneath, throughout, concerning, past, and without. This guy is from history. They are aboard the train. Preposition A Test: The mouse ran ______________ the hollow log. Conjunction -Definition: A word that joins word or words groups. Decide whether to stay or Coordinating Conjunctions: -Examples: And, but, or nor, for yet so. -Examples: You are supposed to walk on the street or the sidewalk. Correlative Conjunctions: -Examples: Both…and, Not only…but also, Whether…or. -Example: Both Jim and Roberto were standing outside. See Holt pages 25-26 for a complete list! go. Conjunction -Definition: A word that joins word or words groups. Decide whether to stay or Coordinating Conjunctions: -Examples: And, but, or nor, for yet so. -Examples: You are supposed to walk on the street or the sidewalk. Correlative Conjunctions: -Examples: Both…and, Not only…but also, Whether…or. -Example: Both Jim and Roberto were standing outside. See Holt pages 25-26 for a complete list! go. Subordinating Conjunction Begin a subordinate clause (Subject + verb that CANNOT stand alone) Subordinating conjunction + independent clause = subordinate clause Example: I gasped when I saw the headline See Holt page 26 for a list of commonly used subordinating conjunctions. Interjection -Definition: A word that expresses emotion. -Definition: An interjection has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence. -Examples: Crap! Wow! Yuck! Yippee! Uh-oh! Well! WEEE! I’m Swinging! OWW! This Hurts. YUCK! This is nasty!