Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Nouns Persons, places, things & ideas They are talked about Common nouns – names kinds of persons, places, things or ideas Proper noun – give particular names of pesons, places, things or ideas e.g. province ----------------------------- Alberta CN PN magazine ------------------------ __________ __________ -------------------- Saturn

2. Parts of Speech Compound Noun – made up of 2 or more words. Some are written as 1 word, some have hyphen, some are separate. e.g. classroom - 1 word sister-in-law - hyphen folk song - separate Collective noun – name groups of people, animals, or things that act together e.g. audience, family, pride

3. Parts of Speech Abstract Nouns – name ideas, qualities, or feelings: things that can’t be seen or touched e.g. Nation, beauty Complete worksheet (10 mins)

4. Parts of Speech Pronouns Personal pronouns – stand for persons or things (these are used the most) e.g. I, me, your(s), her, them, etc Reflexive or Intensive Pronouns – these end in “self” or “selves” (they never stand alone) e.g. Myself, itself, themselves, etc Demonstrative Pronouns – point out specific people, places or things e.g. this, these, that, those, etc

5. Parts of Speech Interrogative Pronouns – these ask questions e.g. what, which, who, whom, whose, etc Indefinite Pronouns – refer to people, places or things, often in a general, unspecific way e.g. anyone, either, much, nothing, somebody, etc Complete worksheet (10 mins)

6. Parts of Speech Adjectives (adj) Adjectives – are words that are used to modify the meaning of a noun or pronoun (They describe) Descriptive Adj – add details; answer questions e.g. red, round, Canadian, etc Proper Adj – formed from proper nouns & begin with capital letters e.g. Vietnamese

7. Parts of Speech Compound Adj – made up of more than 1 word e.g. lightweight, hair-raising Limiting Adj – make nouns/pronouns more specific e.g. this, that, many, both Articles – special adj’s that help you introduce nouns e.g. Definite article ---------------- the Indefinite article -------------- a & an Remember: Adj’s answer: What kind? What’s it like? Which one? How many? How much? Complete worksheet (10 mins)

8. Parts of Speech Verbs Verbs – make other words move; without them, there would be no action in sentences Action verbs – tells what someone or something does (physically & mentally) e.g. dream, realize, hop Linking verbs – joins a noun/pronoun to another word that tells something about the noun or pronoun e.g. appear, feel, sound, been

9. Parts of Speech Helping verbs – it helps another verb (helps main verb do it’s job). Main verb + helping verb = verb phrase e.g. Did, can, could, might, is, are Complete worksheet (10 mins)

10. Parts of Speech Adverbs (adv) Adverbs – describe & modify or change other words (instead of describing things, they describe actions & qualities) Adv of Manner – how an action was performed e.g. well, wildly, easily Adv of Place – where an action took place e.g. Anywhere, down, near

11. Parts of Speech Adv of Time – when or how often an action was done e.g. Always, immediately, often Adv of Degree – what extent, how much or how little, an action was performed e.g. Extremely, almost, more Intensifiers - e.g. deep – very deep small – too small Negatives – e.g. scarcely, hardly, never, or n’t Adjective -ly Adverb Quiet quiet-ly quietly

12. Parts of Speech Prepositions Prepositions – shows the relationship between things e.g. between a cat & a mouse - near the cat - in front of the cat - beside the cat - inside the cat

13. Parts of Speech Single-word prepositions – consist of 1 word e.g. against, at, by, through, under Multiple-word prepositions – they are compound e.g. in front of instead of along with according to Complete worksheet (10 mins)

14. Parts of Speech Conjunctions (Conj) Conjunctions – these connect words & groups of word (not any old words & phrases), they join parts of a sentence that function in the same way Coordinating conj – connect words or groups of words used in the same way e.g. And, but, so, yet for Buck and Hank were friends. They connect subject to another subject, verb with a another verb, independent clause…

15. Parts of Speech Subordinating Conj – connect two clauses, making one dependant on the other e.g. after, as, because, since, than, while Hank moved to Toronto because Buck moved there. Correlative Conj – work in pairs to connect words or groups of words used in the same way e.g. both ----- and neither ---- ______ not only -- also either ---- ______

16. Parts of Speech Read Interjections and complete the worksheet. The End!