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Mastering the 8 Parts of Speech

Learn about the different parts of speech in grammar, including interjections, verbs, adjectives, nouns, conjunctions, adverbs, pronouns, and prepositions. Understand how each part functions and improves your language skills.

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Mastering the 8 Parts of Speech

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  1. IVANCAPP The 8 Parts of Speech

  2. Interjection • An interjection is a word or phrase used to express EMOTION. Ouch! Whoa! Wow! Oh no! Awesome!

  3. VERBS • A verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being. • There are 3 types of Verbs. • Action Verbs • Linking Verbs • Helping Verbs

  4. Action Verbs • An ACTION VERB tells what the subject does. Physical Action: Run, Jump, swim Mental Action: wish, hope, dream

  5. Linking Verbs • A LINKING VERB links its subject to a word in the predicate. • FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had

  6. Helping Verbs • HELPING VERBS help main verbs express action or precise shades of meaning. • Example: Has, have, had • OTHER: could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

  7. Adjectives • An ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun. • Adjectives answer 3 questions: • What Kind? • Which one or ones? • How many or How much? Little Noisy Spicy

  8. Nouns • A NOUN is a word that names a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA. • Common Nouns: • The general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. cat

  9. Proper Nouns: • The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. • Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized. Morris

  10. Conjunctions • A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or groups of words. CONNECTORS FANBOYS

  11. What is FANBOYS? • For • And • Nor • But • Or • Yet • So

  12. Adverb • An ADVERB is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. • Adverbs answer 4 questions: • How?Suddenly, carefully, sadly • When?Now, later, soon • Where?There, up, ahead • To What Extent?Completely, totally, fully

  13. Pronoun • A PRONOUN is a word that is used in place of a noun. • EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers, my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs

  14. Preposition • A PREPOSITION is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence. • About, above, across, against, among, around… • Behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down… • Over, under, of, off, on… • Through, beneath, to, after, • Toward, up, onto, unto, into, in

  15. Website • Teacher Videos, Grammar rock, parts of speech, etc. • http://teachertube.com/

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