Parts of Speech Review Everything that needs to be in the foldable!

1. Parts of Speech ReviewEverything that needs to be in the foldable!

2. Nouns • A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea • Common Noun-GENERAL noun • Example-boy, state, capital • Proper Noun-SPECIFIC noun • Example-Justin, Colorado, Denver • Possessive nouns show ownership • Singular nouns-add ‘s • Plural nouns that do end in s-add’ • Plural nouns that do NOT end in s-add ‘s • Plural Noun-more than one

3. Pronouns • Pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or another pronoun • Antecedent is what the pronoun took place of

4. Personal Pronouns

5. Indefinite Pronouns • Indefinite Pronoun is a pronoun that does NOT refer to a particular person or thing=VAGUE • Singular Indefinite Pronouns • Another each everything one • Anybody either neither somebody • Anyone everybody nobody someone • Anything everyone no one something • Plural Indefinite Pronouns • Both • Few • Many • Several • Others • Indefinite Pronouns that can be BOTH singular and plural • All none any most some

6. Preposition • A preposition is a word that relates its object to another word in the sentence. OR A preposition is a word that indicates position, direction, or time. –shows relationship • The object of the preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition. • A prepositional phrase is a group of words in a sentence beginning with the preposition and ending with the object of the preposition. Prepositional phrases may also contain modifiers of the object. • A preposition can be taken out of a sentence and the sentence will still make sense. • Neither a subject nor a verb will be in a prepositional phrase.

7. Prepositions Continued

8. Verbs • Action Verb-something you do • Linking Verb-connects the subject to the predicate • Helping Verb-is a linking verb paired with another verb (at least two verbs usually in a row) • Another name for a helping verb is a verb phrase • Would, should, could always helping verbs • Words that can be either linking or action (apply to senses) • Feel remain smell • Look touch sound • Appear become stay • Taste grow turn • Help in finding verbs: • Take out prepositional phrases • Ask what or who the sentence is about? • What did that who or what do? • Look for the words that are always verbs

9. Words that are always verbs!

10. Adjectives • Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns • Another word for modify is describe • Adjectives answer: • What kind? • Which one? • How much/many? • Comparative Adjectives compare two things and use –er or more. • Superlative Adjectives compare more than two and use –est or most.

11. Adverbs • Adverbs modify adjectives, verbs, and adverbs • Adverbs answer: • When? • How? • Where? • What extent? • A helpful hint is that many adverbs end in –ly

12. Sentence Types • Clause-a group of words • Independent clause-a group of words that CAN stand alone • Dependent-a group of words that CAN NOT stand alone • Simple sentence-one independent clause (A subject and a predicate) • S=I • Compound sentence-is two simple sentences joined by coordinating conjunctions or a semicolon • C=I+I.. • Complex Sentence-is a independent and dependent clause • Cx=I+D… • Compound/Complex Sentence • C+C+I..

13. Coordinating Conjunctions • F-for • A-and • N-nor • B-but • O-or • Y-yet • S-so

14. Subordinating Conjunctions • Usually the dependent clause starts with a subordinating conjunction After as though since when Although because so that whenever As before than where As if how though wherever As long as if unless whether As soon as in order that until while That which who