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Parts of
Speech
Mrs. Holzbauer
NOUNS
Person, place, thing, or idea
Concrete nouns:
You can see, hear, taste, smell
or touch them.
*Can interact using at least one
of the five senses.
**like
concrete,
which you
can touch
EX. girl, dog, school, desk
Abstract nouns:
Concepts, ideas, qualities, conditions
Cannot interact with five senses
Ex. Freedom, honor, love
Nouns
Collective nouns:
Groups of people or things as one unit
Ex. Class, community, neighborhood
Compound nouns:
two or more words used together
to name a person, place or thing
Ex. Fire engine Rock-and roll
toothbrush
A class
Nouns
Common noun:
Basic names for any person, place, or thing
Ex. Boy, girl, dog, school
Woman
Proper noun:
Specific names for any person, place, or thing
*capitalized
Ex. Mrs. Holzbauer, Fido, San Marcos High School
President Barack Obama
PRONOUNS:
takes the place of a noun
Singular
First Person
Plural
I, me, my, mine We, us, our,
ours
You, your, yours You, your, yours
Second Person
Third Person
Ex.
Sarah
She
He, him, his,
she, her, hers,
it, its
went to the store.
They, them,
their, theirs
PRONOUNS
Reflexive Pronouns: adds information
to the sentence by pointing
back to a noun or pronoun
earlier in a sentence
Those
people
Ex. Michael taught himself to play the guitar.
That girl
Demonstrative Pronouns: direct attention
to specific people, places, things
*demonstrates
Ex.
This
These
That Those
These books are new.
This boy
PRONOUNS
Relative Pronouns: Connects a subordinate
clause to the rest of the sentence
that which who
whom whose
Ex. He found the cattle that he lost.
Interrogative Pronouns: used to begin a question
what which who whom whose
Ex.
What did you say?
Which of the answers is best?
PRONOUNS
Indefinite Pronouns: refer to people, places,
or things, often without specifying which ones
another anybody anyone both few all any
Several of the guests were late.
Everyone ate everything offered.
VERBS:
a word that expresses time while
showing an action, condition, or the
fact that something exists
Action verbs: tells what action
someone or something is performing
He scored a touchdown.
She kicked the ball.
We laughed at the movie.
VERBS
Transitive Verb: takes an object,
action is directed to an object
Verb
Object
The pitcher throws the ball.
Intransitive: Does not
direct its action to an object
The pitcher throws.
Verb
No
object.
Verbs
Linking Verbs: connects a word
or words at or near the beginning
of a sentence with a word or words
at or near the end.
Example:
I am an English teacher.
Ex.
Can be
Would have
Has been
Is
Was
Were
Am
ADJECTIVES:
words used to describe a noun or pronoun or to
give a noun or pronoun a more specific meaning
They answer:
What kind?
Which one?
How many?
How much?
Scary pumpkin
Orange pumpkin
That pumpkin
Her pumpkin
One pumpkin
Some pumpkins
ADJECTIVES
Nouns as Adjectives: nouns become
adjectives when they modify
other nouns and answer
What kind? (and) Which one?
Noun: Pineapple
Pineapple + Juice
Noun: Juice
Adjective
Noun
Pineapple Juice
What kind?
ADJECTIVES
Proper Adjective: a proper noun used as an adjective
or an adjective formed from a proper noun
Proper Noun
Proper Adjective
Mexico
Mexican Food
San Marcos High
School
Mrs. Holzbauer
San Marcos High
School’s band
Mrs. Holzbauer’s class
Answers
Which kind? Or Which one?
ADJECTIVES
Compound adjective: an adjective
made up of more than one word
Ex. Freeze-dried coffee
Ex. Strawberry-banana yogurt
ADJECTIVES
Pronouns used as adjectives:
A pronoun functions as an adjective if it modifies a noun
Ex.
My book
Your book
These are most
often possessive pronouns.
Demonstrative Adjectives:
This
that
these
Adjective
This book is hilarious!
Pronoun
This is hilarious!
those
Which
one?
ADJECTIVES
Interrogative Adjectives:
used to ask a question
Remember, adjectives do
not take the place of
a noun, they modify
a noun or pronoun..
What name should I call you?
“What”
modifies
“name.”
Whose shirt is this?
“Whose” modifies
“shirt.”
ADJECTIVES
Indefinite adjectives:
Modifies a person, place,
or thing without being specific.
How many
crackers?
Ex.
Another cracker
Few students like grammar.
Which
students?
ADJECTIVES
Verbs used as adjectives:
When verbs are used to modify a noun or pronoun
Mainly end in
–ing
Or
-ed
The sitting owl was still.
The melted ice was in the sun.
ADJECTIVES
Articles:
A
AN
The
ADVERBS:
a word that modifies a verb, an
adjective, or another verb
Answers the
questions:
ADVERBS
Examples:
The girl ran quickly.
Answers: How?
The girl ran earlier.
Answers: When?
The girl ran there.
Answers: Where?
The girl ran exceptionally.
Answers: To what extent?
ADVERBS
Adjectives vs. Adverbs…..which is which?
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
The student ran straight towards the door.
The road was straight.
noun
Prepositions:
a word that relates a noun or pronoun
that appears with it to another word in
the sentence
Examples:
Above
Below
Between
Beyond
Around
Without
There are
many
more.
The umbrella is
above their
heads.
Her feet are
under the
table.
They are
looking at
each other.
Prepositions
Compound Prepositions:
Prepositions consisting of more than one word
Examples:
-on top of
-next to
-prior to
The coffee is on top of the table.
I was standing next to the table.
We met prior to the meeting to discuss details.
Prepositions
Prepositional phrase:
a group of words that includes a preposition
and a noun or pronoun, called the object
of the preposition.
Example:
We had a picnic in the park.
Preposition
Object of the
preposition
Prepositions
Is it a preposition or an adverb?
The smoke drifted up the chimney.
Object of the
preposition
The dark, ugly smoke drifted up.
Modifies
this verb
adverb
Conjunctions:
a word used to
connect other words or groups of words
Coordination conjunctions:
connects other words or groups of words
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
I liked reading both Twilight and Harry Potter.
I thought I had a “C,” but I actually had an “A.”
Conjunctions
Correlative Conjunctions:
The same as coordinating conjunctions, but used in pairs
Ex.
Both…and
Neither…nor
Whether…or
Either…or
Not only…but also
I understand both integers and square roots.
Neither television nor the computer distracted me from my work.
Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions:
Connects two complete ideas by
making one of the ideas subordinate
(less important) to the other
Makes this
part
important
Ex.
Because Carol practices, she is a good artist.
Ex.
Even though I like Huck. Finn, I like Cuckoo’s Nest better.
Makes this part
important
Interjections:
a word that
expresses emotion and functions
independently of a sentence
Hooray!
Ouch!
$#%@!