Download The Eight Parts of Speech

 Noun
 Adverb
 Pronoun
 Preposition
 Adjective
 Conjunction
 Verb
 Interjection
Definition: A person, place, thing or idea
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Person: policeman, baby, teacher, worker,
friend, politician
Place: school, park, cave, Disneyland,
POLAHS, hospital
Thing: movie, justice, spoon, hair, computer,
carpet, arm
Idea: liberty, love, wisdom, democracy, hate
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Proper noun: The names of specific people,
places and things (ALWAYS capitalized)
◦ People: Lady Gaga, Kobe Bryant, Mrs. LopezLavalle
◦ Places: Six Flags, Vons, San Pedro, Gaffey Street
◦ Things: Halloween, Tuesday, Dodgers, Vons,
September
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Common noun: All other nouns that are not
proper nouns
◦ People: teammate, coach, enemy
◦ Places: dugout, cafeteria, beach
◦ Things: pizza, paper, lizard
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Directions: Circle the nouns in the sentences.
Label them C if they are common nouns and P
if they are proper nouns.
Example: Snookie is my favorite cast member
on the Jersey Shore.
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The students at Port of Los Angeles High School love their
classes and their teachers.
Will you email me the homework by next Tuesday?
I can’t to find a costume for Halloween.
Javier, will you go to the dance with me?
The car barely missed the squirrel as it ran across Gaffey
Street.
Friendship is one of the most important things in my life.
I wish I had the same basketball skills as Kobe Bryant.
Let’s go to Disneyland in June with our friends!
The Mercedes swerved off the road and into the bushes.
My favorite color is blue, but I also like green.
Definition: A word used in the place of a noun
◦ all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each,
either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many,
neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing, one, several,
some, somebody, someone, something
◦ I, me, you, she, her, he, him, it, we, us, you, they, them,
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves,
yourselves, themselves, yours, theirs, ours
◦ this, that, these, those, who, whom, whose, which, that
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Directions: Circle all the pronouns in the
following sentences.
Example: The librarian gave us a dirty look
when we laughed in the library.
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She laughed at herself when she fell down in front of him.
My favorite ice cream flavor is the same as yours.
Eminem performed one of his new songs at the VMAs.
The students ran laps after their teacher saw them slacking
off.
Mario hit himself in the face on accident.
That book is mine.
We should eat those grapes before they go bad.
Jenny is a good friend of ours, and she also likes football.
He threw the ball and it went over the fence.
Whose backpack is this?
Definition: A word used to modify or describe a
noun or a pronoun
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An adjective usually answers one of these
questions:
◦ Which one? What kind of? How many?
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Examples:
◦ the lame elephant (which elephant?)
◦ valuable, old stamps (what kind of stamps?)
◦ sixteen candles (how many candles?)
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Directions: Circle the adjectives and draw an
arrow to the nouns or pronouns they
modify/describe in the following sentences.
Example: Lady Gaga wore a very unique dress
to the award show.
Guitar Hero is fun to play because there are many different
songs to choose.
2. I enjoy watching reality shows with my best friends.
3. My two sisters and I love to go to Dodgers’ games.
4. Sushi is often made with raw fish and different vegetables.
5. When I was younger, I fell off my black skateboard and
knocked out my two front teeth.
6. Some people may say mosh pits are fun, but I think they are
scary.
7. Niko’s has the best pizza in town.
8. What is my grade in math class?
9. We should go to the girls’ volleyball game after school.
10. Our school uniforms include green shirts and black or white
undershirts.
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Definition: A word in a sentence that
expresses action or being
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Two types of verbs:
◦ Action verbs
◦ Helping/Linking verbs
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Action (physical) verbs:
◦ defend, build, throw, think, eat, run, sing, attract,
wonder, sleep, email, love, describe, jump, read,
write, draw, type, scream, fight, hug, fall, clean,
believe
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Helping (existing) verbs:
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Forms of have: have, has, had
Forms of do: do, does, did
Forms of be: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
Additional helping verbs: can, could, may, might,
must, shall, should, will, would
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Directions: Underline the verbs in the
following sentences. Then, write “A” below
the verb if it is an action verb, or write “H”
below the verb if it is a helping verb.
Example: My cell phone has not worked since
I dropped it in the toilet.
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H
A
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A secret admirer left me roses on my doorstep.
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I dreamt last night that Britney Spears was my best friend.
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I bought a new pair of shoes at the mall yesterday.
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José wanted to go to the movies, so he did all of his chores.
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I want to learn how to drive, so I can take my friends to the beach.
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I walked for 12 miles yesterday.
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Brittany sent 500 text messages in one day.
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You must be crazy if you think skydiving is fun.
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George drew a picture of his favorite super hero.
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Roberto plays video games almost every day.
Definition: A word used to modify a verb,
adjective or another adverb. Many times they
end with an –ly.
 It usually answers one of these questions:
◦ When? Where? How? Why? Under what conditions?
To what degree?
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Examples:
◦ Pull gently at a weak rope. (Pull how?)
◦ Read the best books first. (Read when?)
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Directions: Circle the adverb in each sentence
and write whether the adverb tells “how,”
“when” or “where.”
Example: He was very sore after the race.
How
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The mail carrier finally arrived. _____
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We ran out to meet her. _____
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Maggie clapped her hands excitedly. _____
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I quickly opened the envelope. _____
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He was very excited for the dance. _____
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“We won the contest!” she shouted proudly. _____
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He keeps his collection upstairs. _____
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He walks on it often. _____
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Sometimes friends send me new stamps. _____
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He buys unusual stamps downtown. _____
 Noun
 Adverb
 Pronoun
 Preposition
 Adjective
 Conjunction
 Verb
 Interjection
Definition: A word placed before a noun or a
pronoun to form a phrase- “anything you can
do to a box”
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Prepositional phrase: a preposition that is
used in a phrase
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*Trick: A preposition is anything that can be
_________ the box
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beside
besides
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
next
of
off
on
onto
opposite
out
outside
over
past
plus
since
than
through
throughout
till
to
toward
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
with
within
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Directions: Underline the prepositions twice
and the prepositional phrases once.
Examples: The pizza under my bed has been
there for weeks.
I always find treasures between the seat
cushions of my couch.
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Four years ago, my friends played a mean trick on me and my
roommates.
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They cooked us dinner at their house.
3.
While we were eating, one of my friends took my house key.
4.
He drove to our house and walked inside.
5.
He disconnected our lights and put The Ring on our television.
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He dressed up in The Ring costume and waited for us on the couch.
7.
We opened the door and none of our lights worked.
8.
Then, we saw The Ring girl coming toward us.
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We screamed and ran out the door.
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They filmed everything with video cameras and made us watch our
reactions.
Definition: Words that join words, phrases, or
clauses
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Coordinating conjunction: A word used to
connect grammatically equal elements
◦ Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS): For, And,
Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
◦ Example: Do you like the Angels or the Dodgers?
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Correlative conjunction: conjunctions that
come in pairs
◦ Correlative conjunctions: either…or, not only…but
also, both…and, neither…nor, whether…or
◦ Example: We should go to Knott’s Scary Farm either
tonight or tomorrow night.
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Directions: Underline the coordinating
conjunctions in the following sentence.
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I refuse to go in the pool right now, for it is 18 degrees outside.
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I am a vegetarian, but I just ate six hamburgers.
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Should I order waffles or pancakes for breakfast?
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I have a sore throat and a headache.
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He does not act like a child, nor does he look like one.
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Your breath smells, so brush your teeth!
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Jose plays basketball well, yet his favorite sport is ping pong.
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Directions: Underline the correlative
conjunctions in the following sentences.
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Either you or Sam needs to clean the dishes.
2.
Both Lady Gaga and Beyonce have some pretty sweet dance
moves.
3.
Neither you nor I know anyone who can say the alphabet
backwards.
4.
Whether you go to the party or not is determined by how
much homework you finish.
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Not only is grammar challenging, but it is also so much fun!
Definition: A word used to express surprise or
emotion
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Examples: Hey! Oh! Wow! Cheers! Hooray!
That’s great! Sorry! Excuse me! Hello.
Goodbye.
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Directions: Underline the interjections in the
following sentences.
Example: Yeah, we won!
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Hey! That’s my seat.
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Well, this is a surprise.
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Yes, I’d like some more frog legs.
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Ouch! That hurt!
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Hi, my name is Bond, James Bond.
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I…umm…forgot.
7.
Alright, I’ll go to the music festival with you.
8.
This stone soup is really good, yum!
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Sorry, I didn’t mean to step on your toe and break it.
10.
Oops, I accidentally used shampoo to brush my teeth.