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PARTS of SPEECH
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noun
verb
gerund
inifinitive
adjective
adverb
pronoun
preposition
interjection
conjunction
Intermediate Writers Workshop
Rode 2010
Noun
 Nouns Exist
 Person
 boy
 Place
 beach
 Thing
 pail
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Noun
 A noun or The noun
 Person
 The boy
 Place
 A beach
 Thing
 An orange
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Noun
 Nouns can often be Counted
 One boy
 Two grandmas
 Seven seas
 Twelve months
 A dozen oranges
 24 hours
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Noun
 Person: Proper or Common noun
 Carlotta, Mrs. Brooks, Dr. Jong …
 Dr. Jong practices acupuncture.
(capitalize proper nouns)
 the doctor, the girlfriend, my mother …
 I had an appointment with my doctor.
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Noun
 Place: Proper or Common
 Hopkins
 Hopkins
High School, the Royals …
High School is a school of excellence.

(capitalize proper nouns)
 the high school, a store, my soda…
 I love this high school.
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Noun
 Thing: Object or Idea
 table, window, figurine, storm …
 The table broke.
(Can you put it in your pocket?)
wealth, love, indignation, personality,
fairness, unity, commitment …
 She accumulated a great deal of wealth.
 The group’s unity was obvious.
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Verb
 Linking Verbs
 Subject is described by a noun or adjective
Subject = Noun or Adj
IS
ARE
WAS
WERE
BE
AM
BEEN
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 Grandma is wealthy.
 They are singers.
 She was a lawyer.
 They were late.
 He will be famous.
 I am a generous person.
 Bingo has been sick.
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Verb
 Linking Verbs
 Be and Been need additional linking verbs
Subject = Noun or Adj
WILL
SHALL
CAN
MAY
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WOULD
SHOULD
COULD
MIGHT
 He will be famous.
 He could be famous.
 Bingo has been sick.
 Bingo had been sick.
 He might have been famous.
 He has had lots of fame.
 Bingo may be sick.
 Bingo should have been sick.
HAS
HAVE
HAD
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Verb
 Action Verbs
 The subject is doing something
 I run.
 Mina runs.
 Juan ran.
 The track star is running.
 The leopard has run a mile.
 Bingo had been running.
 They will run.
 He would have run.
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Gerund
 A kind of Noun
 Verb + ing = Gerund
 replace with “this activity”
 Abdi and Beth love running.
 Everyone should try reading for pleasure.
 put a possessive noun in front
 Ms. Gotschell’s teaching should improve each year.
 Deeply Royal’s dancing was outstanding at the pep fest.
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Gerund or Verb?
 Be careful!
 Verb + ing = Verb
 I am break dancing.
(I am doing something.)
 Verb + ing = Gerund
 I enjoy break dancing.
(an activity – a noun – a thing).
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Adjective
 Tells more about Nouns
 Ask:
 What kind of noun?
 gentle bear
 mother bear
 What color noun?
 white bear
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 How many nouns?
one bear
 seven bears
 sixty bears
 200 bears

brown bear
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Adverb
 Tells more about Verbs
 Ask:
 How did it verb?
Where did it verb?
fast.
 The report went beautifully.
 News travels
 She practiced anywhere.
 The drummer lives
locally.
When did it verb?
 They performed yesterday.
 Their costume change happened quickly.
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Adverb
 Tells more about Adverbs
 Ask:
 How adverb was it?
too slowly.
 The the rabbit ran so gracefully.
 My first day went quite well.
 The group played very loudly.
 The turtle moved
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Adverb
 Tells more about Adjectives
 Ask:
 How adjective was it?
very exciting.
 The paintings are so beautiful.
 The star is quite bright.
 The band was incredibly loud.
 The race was
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Pronoun
 Personal Pronouns
 Basic List  Other Pronouns
 He
 She
 It
I
 You
 We
 They
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 Him, his, himself
 Her, hers, herself
 Its, itself
 Me, mine, myself
 Your, yours, yourself
 Us, our, ourselves
 Them, their, theirs, themselves
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Pronoun
 Indefinite Pronouns
?
?
?
Ask:
 Who? (but we won’t know for sure)
 Basic List
 Other Suffixes
Ask
Who
What
Where
 Someone
 Everyone
 Anyone
 No one
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-body
 -place
 -where
 -thing
 -time
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Preposition
 Ask where?
 on
 under
 through
 beside
 around
 near
 to
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 next to
 around
 inside of
 against
 between
 up
 down
 aboard
 across
 along
 beyond
 toward
 within
 out of
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Preposition
 Ask when?
 before
 after
 until
 since
 during
 at
 around
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Preposition
 Ask what is the relationship?
 by
 for
 to
 with
 about
 because of
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Prepositional Phrase
 Preposition + Noun
 on the log
 through the woods
 after the storm
 during dinner
 by the author
 with my mom
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Infinitive
 A kind of Verb Phrase
 To + Verb = Infinitive
 Put “I like” in front
 I like to
run.
 I like to write letters.
 I like to read.
 I like to sing.
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Prepositional Phrase
or Infinitive?
 Be careful!
 To + verb = Infinitive
 to write
 To + noun = Prepositional Phrase
 I gave the letter to Mom.
 Frodo is coming to my house.
 Harry was stuck to the wall.
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Conjunction
 Coordinating Conjunctions
 Connect two or more sentences
 Must use a comma
 Must have two subjects on either side
, and my scarf flew away.
 Either you can catch it, or you can buy a new one.
 We were late, but they let us in anyway.
 The wind blew
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Conjunction
 Subordinating Conjunctions
 Fragment, but has subject & verb
 Begins a Dependent Clause
 Needs Independent Clause
 I was sad because the car ran over her.
 Take me with you if you go to see how she’s doing.
 Whenever I think of Lassie, I cry.
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Interjection
 Show reaction or emotion
 Not necessary to the sentence
 An alternative to swearing
 Ouch! That hurt!
 You did not! No way!
 Heck, I made the shot!
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Cool!
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THE END
Grammar Unit 1
noun
verb
gerund
inifinitive
adjective
adverb
pronoun
preposition
interjection
conjunction
Intermediate Writers Workshop
Rode 2009