Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Noun- person, place, thing or idea

2. How to Identify a Noun • Look for words like “my,” “of,” “from,” “a,” or “the.” They often come before nouns. • If the articles “a,” “an,” or “the” or any preposition can come before it, it will be a noun.

3. In a sentence… • Nouns can function as subjects, nouns of direct address, direct objects, predicate nominatives, appositives, or objects of the preposition. My students have a ton of spizzerinktum.

4. Pronoun- A word that takes the place of a noun Pronouns are like stunt doubles.

5. Types of Pronouns • Subjective- I, you, he, she, we, they • Objective- me, him, her, us, them • Possessive- my, your, his, her, our, its Ex: “Mrs. Wilson is a teacher. She is my teacher. The pronoun “she” is taking the place of the noun “Mrs. Wilson.”

6. Indefinite Pronouns • SINGULAR- anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something • PLURAL-both, few, many, several • Singular or Plural- all, any, most, none, some

7. More Pronouns • Demonstrative Pronouns this these that those • Interrogative Pronouns what, who, which, whom, whose

8. Adjectives A word that describes a noun

9. Adjectives answer the questions: • Which one? • What kind? • How many? • How much? • Whose?

11. Guided Practice • Mrs. Wilson loves the Vols, so she goes to a lot of fun games. • Almost everyone in Knoxville is a fan of the Vols. • I wish everyone in America would become a Vols fan.

12. Verb A word that shows action or a state of being

13. Connect the subject to the predicate (verb) Ex) Evan is a gator fan. Linking Verbs Am Is Are Was Were Be Being Been

14. Assist action verbs Ex) Kyle might play baseball after school. Helping Verbs May Might Must Can Could Do Does Did Have Has Had Shall Will Should Would

15. Linking Verbs, Helping Verbs There are 23. Am, is, are, was, and were Being, Been, and Be Have has had
Do does did
Shall, will, should, and would
There are five more helping verbs.
May might must can could

16. Words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Often end in –ly Adverbs *Drive carefully. *Never talk back to your mom. *Eat regularly. Where? When? How? How often? Why? To What Extent? Under What Condition?

17. Adverbs answer the questions: • Where? • When? • How • How often? • Why? • To what extent? • Under what condition?

18. Conjunctions • Words that connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

19. Coordinating Conjunctions • We could go see Hunger Games Thursday at midnight, or we could just wait until Friday night. • Both Christian and Coby like football. • I want to go to the beach this weekend, but I have too much work to do. For And Nor But Or Yet So

20. Conjunctive Adverbs • For example • On the contrary • Perhaps • Meanwhile • Moreover • Nevertheless • Next • Nonetheless • Otherwise • Similarly • Still • Subsequently • Therefore • Thus Note: These words are great transitions to use in your writing. They link ideas. • Accordingly • As a result • Besides • Consequently • Finally • For instance • Furthermore • However • In addition • Indeed • In fact • Likewise

21. Subordinating Conjunctions These are great for creating sentence variety in your writing! Ex.) after, because, so, that, whenever, although, before, though, while, as, even though, till, wherever, as if, if unless, whereas, as long as, in order that, until, as soon as, since, and when

22. Prepositions Words that show therelation of a noun or pronoun to some other word Ex.) My dogs like to crawl on my lap after they eat. Let’s go to Moe’s after the game.

23. Interjections • Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um,or Ah! They have no real grammatical value, but we use them quite often, usually more in speaking than in writing.