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PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW
Hopefully this all sounds familiar
from elementary school…
Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Interjections
Adjectives
Conjunctions
A word that names
A Person
A Place
A Thing
Note: a noun serves as the simple
subject of a sentence
An Idea
KINDS of NOUNS
Common Nouns
boy
girl
Singular Nouns
boy
girl
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Proper Nouns
(Capitalize these)
John
Mary
Plural Nouns (there are
several spelling rules for
these)
boys
girls
Plural Possessive (there
are several apostrophe rules
that need to be learned)
boys’
girls’
A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement
Action
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
Every sentence must have
a
Note:
this is the simple predicate of a sentence
KINDS of VERBS
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Action verbs express
mental or physical
action.
He rode the horse to
victory.
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Linking verbs make a
statement by
connecting the subject
with a word that
describes or explains
it.
He has been sick.
KINDS of VERBS
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Helping verbs help the
action verb show the
tense (time) the action
occurred.
I am running. (present)
I was running. (past)
I will be running. (future)
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.
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Examples:
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This is certainly fun.
Several have turned in their homework.
My book was left at his house.
Joe and she are going on a date.
Please come with Tammy and me to the game.
You need to bring it with you.
The word the pronoun replaces is called the antecedent. It
should (but may not) be established before you use a pronoun.
Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Did you lose your address
book?
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Answers these questions:
Modifies or describes
a verb.
He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.
We went there.
Answers the questions:
Or… it describes an adjective or
another adverb
It was too hot!
He ran very quickly.
It is so nice.
To what degree or how much?
We call these intensifiers.
A preposition begins a phrase that helps show relationships to
another word in the sentence. The prepositional phrase will end
with a noun or pronoun and will answer some of the same
questions an adjective or adverb does (just in a phrase).
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.
The preposition
never stands alone!
Complete the
preposition
prepositionobject
You can press those leaves under glass.
can have more than one object
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
object can have modifiers
It happened during the last examination.
Some Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
or
but
CONJUNCTIONS
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Neither Johnny nor Mike
– Two equal words
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over the river and through the woods
– Two equal phrases
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I fell over the backpack, and I broke my ankle.
– Two equal sentences
You only need a comma if
connecting two sentences.
an exclamatory word that expresses emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow, look at that sunset!
***Use an exclamation point for strong emotion or a comma for mild
emotion.
Simple Subject –the doer
Who/what am I talking about?
NOUN
-name people,
places, things, and
ideas
singular/plural,
possessive, and
common/proper
Simple Predicate –the do/be
What did the doer do? Or
What is he/is he like?
VERB
-tell the action
(some verbs need
help becoming past,
present, or future
tense
-state of being/linking
PREPOSITION
ADVERB
ADJECTIVE
What kind, which
one, how
many/much?
A word that starts a
phrase in order to act
as an adjective or
adverb
(prep+noun/pronoun)
How, when, where
an action verb
happened
(and degree)
+conjunctions: “hookin’ up words, phrases, and
clauses”; think FANBOYS, but there are more!