8 Parts of Speech

1. 8 Parts of Speech Eng1D

2. Adjective Preposition Pronoun Noun Verb Adverb Interjection Conjunction

3. Noun • A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing, animal, or abstract idea. • In the following sentence all of the yellow words are nouns: The boy bought a puppy.

4. Name the Noun(s)! • Heather drove her car to work. • The clock was broken. • Six dogs ran across the sidewalk.

5. Answers • Heather drove her car to work. (person) (thing) (place) • The clock was broken. (thing) • Six dogs ran across the sidewalk. (animal) (place)

6. Noun • The following are different types of nouns: • Proper nouns • Common nouns • Concrete nouns • Abstract nouns • Possessive nouns • Collective nouns

7. Proper Noun • A proper noun represents the name of a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always capitalized. • Example: • Matthew loves shopping at American Eagle. • Matthew and American Eagle are both proper nouns because they specifically name the person and the place.

8. Common Nouns • Common nouns refer to a person, place, or thing in the general sense. • Example: • Girls love shopping at the mall. • Both girls and mall are common nouns because they are general, not a specific girl or mall.

9. Abstract Nouns • An abstract noun is a noun which names anything that you cannot perceive through your 5 physical senses, and it is the opposite of a concrete noun. • Example: • Justice often seems to slip out of our grasp. • Buying the fire extinguisher was an afterthought. • You cannot physically see, touch, taste, hear, or smell justice or afterthought; therefore, they are abstract nouns.

10. Concrete Nouns • A concrete noun is a noun which names anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell. A concrete noun is the opposite of an abstract noun. • Example: • The judge handed the files to the clerk. • You can physically see and touch these nouns.

11. Possessive Nouns • A possessive noun is a noun that shows ownership, usually of another noun. Possessive nouns usually end in ’s. When you read the following sentences, you will notice that a noun in the possessive case frequently functions as an adjective modifying another noun: • The miner's face was covered in coal dust. • My uncle spent many hours trying to locate the squirrels' nest. • The possessive noun miner’s tells us whose face was covered in coal dust

12. Collective Nouns • A collective noun is a noun naming a group of things, animals, or persons. • Example: • The class was startled by the bursting light bulb. • The steering committee meets every Wednesday afternoon. • The nouns class and committee are collective because they represent a group of people.

13. Pronouns • Pronouns take the place of the noun. Some pronouns include words like he, she, we, they, this, that, yours, myself, and yourself. • Example: • The car was brand new, and it was very expensive. • The pronoun it replaces the word car in the second part of the sentence.

14. Verb • The verb express actions, events, or states of being. • Example: • Vampires bite their victims on the neck. • It took 3 hours to shovel the snow. • It was cold outside. • The verbs bite and shovel express an action and the verb was expresses a state of being.

15. Adverb • Adverbs tell you how, where, or when something is done. Adverbs describe the verb. They often end in ly. • Example: • The car drove slowly. • The boy walked quickly. • The word slowly describes the verb drove.

16. Adjective • An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. • Example: • The slippery roads and fluffy snow make driving difficult. • The words slippery and fluffy describe the nouns roads and snow.

17. Preposition • A preposition links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence. Example: • The book is on the table. • The book is beneath the table. • The book is leaning against the table. • The book is beside the table. • She held the book over the table. • She read the book during class. • In each of these examples, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or in time.

18. These are some common prepositions: for on to up at under above toward with between in behind from upon into off beside around over below

19. Interjection • An expressive word. • Example: • 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.

20. Conjunction • A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases or sentences. • Example: • Manuel and Marisol loved to cook. • You will go to school, oryou will fail. • I am happy becauseI just received my cheque. • It has been cloudy since the morning.