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The 8 Parts of Speech

ADVERBS. INTERJECTIONS. Noun. The 8 Parts of Speech. PRONOUNS. CONJUNCTIONS. PRPOSITIONS. ADJECTIVES. VERB. NOUNS. Nouns name persons, places, things, or concepts pilot house toy happiness Proper name specific persons, places things, or concepts Bill Iowa Supreme Court Buddhism

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The 8 Parts of Speech

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  1. ADVERBS INTERJECTIONS Noun The 8 Parts of Speech PRONOUNS CONJUNCTIONS PRPOSITIONS ADJECTIVES VERB

  2. NOUNS • Nouns name persons, places, things, or concepts • pilot • house • toy • happiness • Proper name specific persons, places things, or concepts • Bill • Iowa • Supreme Court • Buddhism • Collective nouns name groups • Team • Flock • Jury

  3. Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of noun. • Emily brought the _______ with her to school. (Noun) • Jose hopes to visit _________ one day. (Proper Noun) • I saw a _______ on television today. (Collective Noun)

  4. VERBS • Verbs move the meaning of a sentence by: • Showing action (run, gaze, understand) • Showing occurrence (become, happen) • Showing a state of being (be, seem) **Auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) combine with other verbs to create verb phrases • Include forms of be, do, and have • Also include can, could, may, must, shall, should, will, and would

  5. Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of verb. • I ________ to the event. (Verb that shows action) • The party ________ last weekend. (Verb that shows occurrence) • She _______ very happy. (Verb that shows being) • I _______ do my homework tonight. (Auxiliary)

  6. PRONOUNS • Pronouns function as nouns in sentences and often take the place of nouns. • Personal Pronouns: refer to specific persons or things. • I, you, he, she, it, we, they • Indefinite Pronouns: Do not refer to specific nouns • All, some, any, none, somebody, anything • Possessive Pronouns: indicate ownership. • My, mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, etc. • The noun that a pronoun refers to or replaces is called an antecedent. • Tom said he wasn’t at the part.

  7. Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of pronoun. • ________ likes peanut butter a lot. (Personal) • ________of you may want to listen. (Indefinite) • _______ house is amazing! (Possessive)

  8. ADJECTIVES • Adjective modify (limit the meaning of) nouns and pronouns, usually by: • Describing (The red Corvette ran off the slippery road.) • Identifying (That Corvetteis totaled.) • Quantifying (We saw many more Corvettes that day.) • Articles are also considered modifiers (the, a, an)

  9. Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of adjective. • That was a very ________ baby. (Describing) • ______ day will forever by remembered as the day I ran over the mailbox. • I have seen _______ aliens in my lifetime.

  10. ADVERBS • Adverbs modify: • Verbs: I recently lost my job. • Adjectives: It was an extremely confusing movie. • Other adverbs:They very nearly captured the flag.

  11. Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of adverb. • I __________ hate alfalfa sprouts. (modifies verbs) • What a _________ adorable house that is! (modifies adjectives) • She __________ positively vexes me! (modifies adverbs)

  12. PREPOSITIONS • Structural words that express relationships in: • Space (down, up, over) • Time (before, after, until) • Other senses (against, except)

  13. Practice: Complete the sentences below with a preposition. • When searching for your keys, you should always look _______ the couch. • I like to workout _________ I eat a good meal. • Don’t run ________ me!

  14. CONJUNCTIONS Conjunctions connect words or groups of words to each other. Let’s start with one… • Coordinating Conjunctions-Join equal structures (and, but, or, yet, nor for, so) FANBOYS! EX: The boys ate two pies, and they loved both.

  15. Practice: Complete the sentences below with a coordinating conjunction. • I went to the movies _____ I went to the mall. • A huge ________ docile dog approached us.

  16. INTERJECTIONS • Interjections express surprise or emotion: oh, ouch, ah, hey, yes, hurray, etc.

  17. Practice: Complete the sentences below with an interjection. • ______! I aced my quiz. • ______! It’s a leprechaun.

  18. PRACTICE MADLIBS The _______ was preparing for his dive into the noun-person _______. Before he jumped _______ the boat, noun-place preposition he always _________ his wife. ____ was always action verb Personal pronoun very _______about his diving, ______ she will be adjectiveconjunction ________ happy the day he ____________. Adverb action verb

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