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Parts of Speech
Grammar Review
Unit 1
Foundations
What Does Part of Speech Mean?
Each part of speech
explains not what the
word is but how the
word is used.
The Eight Parts of Speech
Verb
Noun
Pronoun
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
interjection
Adverbs
Adverb
An adverb can modify a
verb, an adjective,
another verb, a phrase, or
a clause.
The seamstress quickly
made the mourning
clothes.
Let’s Take a Closer Look!
• Verb
• A verb “is what you
do!”
• I will run, hop, and
skip down the
track.
Here come the nouns!
Noun
A noun is a person
place or thing.
Ms. Arruda is going
to Vegas this
weekend.
Pronouns
Pronoun
A pronoun can
replace the noun or
another pronoun.
Which show do you
want to see?
Additional Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
A personal pronoun refers to
specific person or thing and
changes its form to indicate
person, number, gender, and
case.
Possessive Personal Pronouns
A possessive pronoun indicates that
the pronoun is acting as a marker of
possession and defines who owns a
particular object or person.
(mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours
theirs)
Additional Pronouns Continued
Interrogative Pronouns
• An interrogative
pronoun is used to
ask questions.
• (who, whom, which,
what and the
compounds formed
with suffix “ever”).
Still More Pronouns!
Demonstrative Pronouns
A demonstrative pronoun
points to and identifies a noun
or a pronoun.
(this, that, these, and those are
demonstrative pronouns)
What about the Adjectives?
Adjectives
An adjective modifies a
noun or pronoun by
describing, identifying, or
qualifying words.
The truck-shaped balloon
floated over the treetops.
Conjunctions
You can use
Conjunctions to link
words, phrases, and
clauses.
I ate the pizza and
the pasta!
Prepositions
Prepositions
A preposition links
nouns, pronouns, and
phrases to other words in
a sentence.
(on, against, over, during,
beneath, beside)
What is an Interjection?
Interjections
An interjection is a
word added to a
sentence to convey
emotion.
(Ouch!, Hey!)
Review: What is a Sentence?
• Remember that a sentence has a
subject & a verb, and it expresses a
complete thought.
– Another term for a sentence is an
independent clause.
What is a Fragment?
• A fragment is a group of words that
looks like a sentence but is missing a
subject, a verb, or a complete
thought; therefore, it is an incomplete
sentence.
• Fragments are considered one of the
four major errors in writing!
What is a Run-on?
• A run-on is created when two
complete sentences (independent
clauses) are joined together
incorrectly (without proper
punctuation) and are written as
one sentence.
• There are two kinds of run-ons:
– Fused sentences
– Comma splices
What is a Fused Sentence?
• A fused sentence is created when two
complete sentences are joined
together without any punctuation.
– Exercising is important it can keep your
weight down.
– I picked up my laundry then I went home.
– She had a sore throat she was running a
fever.
Simple Sentence
• A simple sentence contains a subject
and verb.
• It expresses a single complete thought.
• A simple sentence is a single
independent clause.
Compound Sentences
• A compound sentence contains
two independent clauses.
• Conjunctions (for, and, nor, but,
or, and yet, so) join these
independent clauses. (Hint: The
conjunctions spell FANBOYS.)
• The conjunction used can impact
the meaning of the sentence.
Complex Sentences
• A complex sentence is an
independent clause joined by one or
more dependent clauses.
• A subordinating conjunction begins
the dependent clauses.
• A dependent clause that begins a
sentence must be followed by
comma.
• A dependent clause has a subject
and a verb, but it does not make
sense on its own.
Compound-Complex Sentences
• A compound-complex sentence is a
sentence that has at least two
independent clauses and at least
one dependent clause.
• The same subordinating conjunctions
are used to introduce the dependent
clauses.
• The same coordinating conjunctions
(FANBOYS) are used for joining the
independent clauses.