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Parts of Speech Review
EN III
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Parts of speech
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Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech:
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verb
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the noun
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the pronoun
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the adjective
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the adverb
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the preposition
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the conjunction
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and the interjection.
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Verb
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The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence.
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A verb or compound verb asserts something about the
subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states
of being.
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The verb or compound verb is the critical element of the
predicate of a sentence.
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Types of verbs:
ACTION (from Chomp Chomp
grammar)
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Explode! Scream! Sneeze! Type! Kick! What are these words
doing? They are expressing action- something that a person,
animal, force of nature, or thing can do.
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As a result, we call these words action verbs. Look at the
examples below:
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In the library and at church, Michele giggles
inappropriately.
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The alarm clock buzzed like an angry bumblebee.
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Linking verbs
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Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they connect
the subject of the verb to additional information about the
subject.
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Look at the example below:
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Keila is a shopaholic.
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**Ising isn't something that Keila can do. Is connects the
subject, Keila, to additional information about her, that she
will soon have a huge credit card bill to pay.
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Auxiliary verbs (helping)
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A main or base verb indicates the type of action or condition,
and auxiliary—or helping—verbs convey the other nuances
that writers want to express.
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Read the examples:
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Sherylee is always dripping something.
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Since Sherylee is such a klutz, she should have been eating
a cake donut, which would not have stained her shirt.
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Common helping verbs:
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Can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should,
will, would
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Noun
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A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, or
thing.
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The highlighted words in the following sentences are all
nouns:
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Late last year, our neighbors bought a goat.
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Portia White was an opera singer.
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Proper nouns must be capitalized!
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Pronouns
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A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use
pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your
sentences less cumbersome and less repetitive.
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He, she, it, you, me, I….
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He left the test early.
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We took out the garbage for our mom.
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Adjective
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An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing,
identifying, or quantifying words.
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An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun
which it modifies.
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The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.
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Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous wall
paper.
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The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea.
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Adverb
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An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a
phrase, or a clause.
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Indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers
questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".
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Many end in “ly”, although not all
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The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes.
(describes how something is made)
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Our basset hound Bailey sleeps peacefully on the living
room floor. (describes sleeping)
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Preposition
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A preposition links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to
other words in a sentence.
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The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called
the object of the preposition. A preposition usually
indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its
object to the rest of the sentence.
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The book is on the table.
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The book is beneath the table.
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The book is leaning against the table.
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Conjunction
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You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, and
clauses.
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Correlative Conjunction (link equivalent elements in a
sentence; found in pairs): Both my grandfather and my
father worked in the steel plant.
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Coordinating Conjunction (connects two phrases): I ate
the pizza and the pasta.
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Subordinating (introduces dependent clause): After she
had learned to drive, Alice felt more independent.
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Interjection
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An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion.
It is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence.
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You usually follow an interjection with an exclamation mark.
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Interjections are uncommon in formal academic prose, except in direct
quotations.
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Ouch, that hurt!
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Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today!
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Hey! Put that down!