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PARTS OF SPEECH

PARTS OF SPEECH. In the English language. There are nine parts of speech . . . Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Articles Prepositions Interjections. Every word fits into one of these categories!. Noun:person, place,thing or quality/idea.

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PARTS OF SPEECH

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  1. PARTS OF SPEECH

  2. In the English language . . . • There are nine parts of speech . . . • Nouns • Verbs • Pronouns • Adjectives • Adverbs • Conjunctions • Articles • Prepositions • Interjections Every word fits into one of these categories!

  3. Noun:person, place,thing or quality/idea • Person: Popeye likes to eat spinach with his family. • Place: San Francisco is a great city with many interesting shops. • Thing: I need a new bicycle and a facelift. • Quality: Superman defends truth and justice.

  4. More Abstract Nouns • Love, joy, pain, grief • Kindness, sadness, happiness • Government, empowerment, employment • Civility, humility, adversity, equality • Complication, inspiration, humiliation

  5. Practice with Nouns • Point to something in the room that is a noun • Now think of something that is a noun that cannot be pointed to.

  6. Verb: shows action or state of being • Action Verbs: Robin Hood ran through the forest. • Notice that some actions are mental actions: • I love Lucy. • I remembered my anniversary this year.

  7. Verb: shows action or state of being • Being or Linking Verbs connect the subject of a sentence with more information about that subject. • That bowtie looks dorky on you. • He wassad that particular morning. • Common being/linking verbs: is, am, are, were, seems, smells, tastes, feels, sounds.

  8. Helping Verbs • Some verbs work as helpers to other verbs to change the tense. Helping verbs come BEFORE the main verb. • Example: I am sleeping. He was sleeping. We will sleep. She does sleep. • Common helping verbs: is, am, are, was, were, does, can, will, should, have.

  9. Practice with Verbs Identify the verbs in each sentence and tell what type they are. • Sibbie has been singing all morning. • Ivan should be paying attention. • Ariel is very helpful to her mother. • Oliver is thinking about death.

  10. Pronoun: takes the place of a noun • Guillermo and I studied for the exam, even though we had no hope of passing it. • There are actually many types of pronouns, but we will get to them later!

  11. Adjective: describes a noun • The beautiful woman only wanted a couple of pairs of shoes. • The rainy day made us even sadder.

  12. Article: There are only three articles--the, a , an(Actually, articles are adjectives and not a different part of speech) • The bicycle was not only red but shiny. • A yellow moon always appears in October. • An excellent student, Armando passed all his exams.

  13. Practice with Adjectives This woman looks _______.

  14. More Adjective Practice This forest is ________________.

  15. Adverb: describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb • The little girl walked happily through the park. • The extremely hungry boy very slowly ate the hot stew. Note: Adverbs answer these questions: how, when, where, and to what extent.

  16. Practice with adverbs modifying verbs Describe how you do each activity • Run • Study • Swim • Sing • Sleep Bonus: For each adverb you used, tell to what extent.

  17. Practice with adverbs modifying adjectives Decide to what extent these dogs are cute.

  18. Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentences • Manuel and Marisol loved to cook. • You will go to class, or you will fail. • I am happy because I just received my check. • It has been cloudy since the morning.

  19. Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the relationship between the noun that it takes as an object and some other word in the sentence. • The cat was on the table. • The dog was under the table. • These are some common prepositions: • For on to up • at under above toward • With between in behind • From upon into off

  20. Prepositional Phrases A preposition is always followed by a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition (OOP). Over the river Through the woods p oop p oop To Grandmother’s house. p oop

  21. What do POOPs do? Prepositional phrases act like adjectives or adverbs. Adjectives These POOPs describe nouns: The cat by the door is ugly. I got a letter from my sister. Adverbs These POOPs describe verbs: The cat sat by the door. I ran from my sister.

  22. Interjections: expressive words • Wow, you knocked that ball out of the park. • Oh, you really need to take care of yourself. • Huh, what did you say? • Ah, now I understand the problem.

  23. Identify each word in the following sentence • The beautiful queen was walking slowly on the cool lawn, and she was reading a long book about knights and kings. Check next slide for answers!

  24. The beautiful queen was walking slowly article adjective noun verb verb adverb • on the cool lawn, and she was reading a preposition article adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb verb article • long book about knights and kings. • adjective noun preposition noun conjunction noun

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