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Identifying Parts of Speech & their Functions. Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Adjectives, & Adverbs; Subjects & Objects. What is the subject ?. The young girl waited quietly for her mother. girl – this word tells who performed the action of waiting.
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Identifying Parts of Speech & their Functions Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Adjectives, & Adverbs; Subjects & Objects
What is the subject? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • girl – this word tells who performed the action of waiting
Is the subjecta noun or pronoun? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • noun– it is a word for a person
What part of speech is young? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • adjective – this word describes the noun “girl”.
What is the verb? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • waited – this word tells what action the girl did.
What part of speech is quietly? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • adverb – this word tells howthe girl waited
What part of speech is for? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • preposition
What is the prepositional object? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • mother– this word tells forwhom the young girl waited
Does the verb “waited” have a direct object? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • no– there is no noun or pronoun directly receiving the action of waited
What is the subject? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • He– this word tells who is doing the action of studying
Is the subjecta noun or pronoun? • Heis carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • pronoun– “he” substitutes for a word that names a person, such as “Tom” or the “man”.
What part of speech is carefully? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • adverb – the word tells how he is studying.
What is the verb? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • is studying – these words tell what action he did. The verb has 2 parts. “is” is the auxiliary or helping verb, and “studying” is the main verb.
What part of speech is important? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • adjective – this word describes the noun “grammar”
Does the verb “is studying” have a direct object? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • yes– studying what? • What is the direct object in the sentence above? • grammar – “grammar” is the object of the verb or direct object
What is the prepositional object? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • book– this word tells in what he is studying grammar. “in” is a preposition.