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Parts of Speech

Review. Parts of Speech. NOUNS. PRONOUNS. Substitute for nouns Personal (he, she, I) Indefinite (no one, everybody) Relative (The students who studied) Interrogative ( What song is playing?) Demonstrative (this, these, that, those) Intensive (I myself , he himself)

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Parts of Speech

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  1. Review Parts of Speech

  2. NOUNS PRONOUNS Substitute for nouns • Personal (he, she, I) • Indefinite (no one, everybody) • Relative (The students who studied) • Interrogative (What song is playing?) • Demonstrative (this, these, that, those) • Intensive (I myself, he himself) • Reflexive (I hurt myself) • Name a person, place, thing, quality, or idea • Common noun (leg, football) • Proper noun (Washington, Philadelphia Eagles) • Count noun (city -> cities) • Noncount noun (courage, optimism) • Collective (family, team)

  3. VERBS ADJECTIVES ADVERBS Express an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. I can change. Bobby is tall. The teacher handed back the papers. Modify/Describe nouns or pronouns The red balloon Modify/Describe adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs He ran quickly The very cold weather

  4. PREPOSITIONS INTERJECTIONS Express feeling or command attention Hey! Get back here. The team came back from a 28 point deficit. Wow! • Form nouns or pronouns (plus any modifiers) into word groups called prepositional phrases. • Prepositional phrases act as modifiers in the sentence. I ran down the stairs. Michael ate his breakfast in the kitchen.

  5. CONJUNCTIONS SUBORDINATING COORDINATING CORRELATIVE Form sentences into word groups called subordinate clauses (subject, verb, incomplete thought) Because the meeting ended early, I went home. Connect words or word groups of the same kind. Consists of a single word. Running and swimming are healthy. Connect words or word groups of the same kind. Combination of coordinating conjunctions and other words I will have either pasta or chicken.

  6. Introducing Parts of the Sentence

  7. Sentence: a grammatically complete and independent unit of expression

  8. SUBJECT(names something) SIMPLE COMPLETE COMPOUND One or more nouns or pronouns Amy smiled. Includes any modifiers Little Amy, who was excited for her birthday, smiled. Two words joined by a coordinating conjuction that serve the same function Amy and Jen smiled. To identify subject: ask who or what is doing the action or being described

  9. PREDICATE(describes an action or makes an assertion about the subject) SIMPLE One or more verbs The student really likedThe Catcher in the Rye. COMPLETE Adds any words needed to complete the meaning of the sentence, plus any modifiers The student really liked The Catcher in the Rye.

  10. 1. Allof the fans who went to the game werevery cold. 2. Thestudentswho performed in the play receiveda lot of praise. 3. Jackand his teammatesdid not like their new coach. 4. Whostole the camera from the table?5. Luis and Igave our old coats to the shelter.

  11. Complete Exercises 22.1 and 22.2

  12. Complete Exercises 22.3 and 22.4

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