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Parts of Speech. What does POS mean?. The way a word is used in a sentence. Noun. Person, place, thing or idea An example of an idea – Freedom, happiness Types Common (any one of a group) Proper (a specific one) Compound (two words together to make a new noun) Collective (names a group).
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What does POS mean? • The way a word is used in a sentence
Noun • Person, place, thing or idea • An example of an idea – • Freedom, happiness • Types • Common (any one of a group) • Proper (a specific one) • Compound (two words together to make a new noun) • Collective (names a group)
Pronoun • Replaces a noun • Antecedent – the word a pronoun is referring to • Types of pronouns – • Personal (refer to person speaking, spoken to or spoken about) • Reflexive/Intensive (self/selves) • Indefinite (refers to one or more unnamed nouns) • Demonstrative (point out a specific noun) • Interrogative (introduces a question) • Relative (introduces a subordinate clause)
Adjective • modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun • Adj will answer one of these questions: • What kind? • Which one? • How many? • Articles – the following words are articles and are ALWAYS adj: • A • An • The
Adj or Pro? Give me that. Vs. Give me that pen. Whose is it? Vs. Whose hat is it?
Noun or Adj? I love bacon. Vs. I had a bacon sandwich. I love to play in the snow. Vs. Let’s build a snow sculpture.
Proper Adj I am going to Maine. Vs. I am going to order the Maine lobster. My favorite painter is Picasso. Vs. We are studying the Picasso painting.
Verbs • Words that express action or otherwise help make a statement • Action Verbs – express action • Ex: go, run • Sometimes express action that cannot be seen • Ex: know, think, believe • Linking Verbs – serves as a link between two words
“To Be” • Be • Being • Am • Is • Are • Was • Were • Should be • Would be • Can be • Could be • Should have been • Would have been • Could have been • Shall be • Will be • Has been • Have been • Had been • Shall have been • Will have been
Other Frequently Used Linking Verbs • Seem • Smell • Sound • Stay • Taste • Turn • Appear • Become • Feel • Grow • Look • Remain
Verb Phrases • (Phrase = 2+ words needed) • Helping (Auxiliary) Verb + Main Verb • Ex: did go, would have finished • Main Verb is USUALLY an action verb
Helping Verbs include all forms of the verb “to be” and: • Should • Would • Could • Might • Must • Do • Did • Does • Have • Has • Had • Shall • Will • Can • May
Compound Verbs • More than one main verb • Ex: studied and reviewed read or write wished and believed
ADVERBS • Modify a Verb • She ran there. • Modify an Adjective • I own a rather old coin. • Modify another Adverb • It was verycarelessly done.
Answer the questions: HOW? WHEN? WHERE?
Go now. • Jump here. • Talk quietly. • a completely full glass • a rather small player • an extremely healthy baby • almost never smiles • walked quite slowly
Prepositions • A preposition shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. • Examples: Sam stood with his cat. Sam stood without his cat. Sam stood like his cat.
The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition is called the Object of the Preposition. • (cat)
A prepositional phrase is the preposition, the object of the preposition, (and its modifiers). • (with his cat) • Prep Phrase = [ Prep + (Adj) + Obj Prep ] (noun)
Prep Phrase sometimes answers the questions: where or when • 1 word – Adv • > 1 word – Prep Phrase • Prep phrases that modify a verb, adj or adv are called Adverb Phrases!
Prep phrases that modify a noun are called Adjective Phrases!
Most often used Prepositions: • Up • Upon • With • Within • Without • Like • Near • Of • Off • On • Over • Past • Since • Through • To • Toward • Under • Until • About • Above • Across • After • Against • Along • Among • Around • At • Before • Behind • Below • Beneath • Beside • Besides • Between • Beyond • By • Concerning • Down • During • Except • For • From • In • Into
Conjunctions • connects or links words or groups of words • ALWAYS connects items of the same kind • bacon and eggs ( 2 nouns ) • run and jump ( 2 verbs ) • Judy wrote down the number, but she lost it. ( 2 complete ideas )
Coordinating Conjunctions • one word and but for or nor yet
Correlative Conjunctions • ALWAYS used in pairs! both … and not only … but also either … or neither … nor whether … or • Either we will buy it now, or we will wait for the next sale. • Both Jim Thorpe and Roberto Clemente were outstanding athletes.
Interjections • An exclamatory word that expresses emotion. It has NO grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence. • Wow, that’s hot! • Hey, stop that! • We’re going to the beach. Wonderful! • Ugh! That was awful.