The Parts of Speech

1. The Parts of Speech Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Pronouns, Verbs, Conjunction, Prepositions and Interjections

2. Nouns- person, place, thing or idea • Common Nouns- are not specific like dog, hospital and dream • Proper Nouns- are specific like Roger Walker, Rickards High School and Tallahassee

3. Adjectives- modify nouns by describing, quantifying or identifying • Examples: dark, green, funny • The furry dog runs fast. • The giant boy looked twelve. • The colorful parrots seem big.

4. Adverbs- modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs • Adverbs usually end in –ly • Examples: quickly, severely, promptly • The girl ran hastily to the door. (verb) • She drove very fast. (adjective) • Jermonte moved quite quickly toward the goal. (adverb)

5. Prepositions- show time and place • Examples: in, at, above, after, before • We ate food during the class, but afterwards we still had lunch in the cafeteria at the table where students threw trash under the benches.

6. Pronouns- generally take the place of more specific nouns • Personal • Reflexive • Indefinite • Interrogative • Reciprocal • Demonstrative • Intensive • Relative

7. Personal Pronouns • Referred to by person • First Person- I and We • Second Person- You • Third Person- he, she, it and they

8. Reflexive Pronouns- indicate that the sentence subject also receives the action of the verb • herself, himself, ourselves, themselves, myself, yourselves • Example: You and Mary deceived yourselves.

9. Indefinite Pronouns- Do not replace or refer to nouns because they act as nouns. • everybody/anybody/somebody/all/ • each/every/some/none/one/any • Example: Everybody should eat an apple a day.

10. The Other Indefinite Pronouns - function as determiners too • enough, few, fewer, less, little, many, much, several, more, most, all, both, every, each, any, either, neither, none, some • Little is expected.

11. Interrogative Pronouns- introduce questions • who, which and what • Example: Who burped ?

12. Reciprocal Pronouns- combine ideas • each other and one another • Example: My friend and I give each other a hard time.

13. Demonstrative Pronouns-they identify or point to nouns • this/that/these/those/such • Example: That is incredible! (refers to something you just saw)

14. Intensive Pronouns- emphasizes nouns • myself, yourself, herself, ourselves, themselves • Example: I myself don’t know the answer.

15. Relative Pronouns-relate groups of words to nouns or other pronouns • who, whoever, which, that • Example: The student who studies hardest usually does the best. • Indefinite Relative Pronouns-whoever, whomever, whatever • Example: The coach will select whoever he pleases.

16. Verbs- show action or the state of being • Example: rocketed , drank, run • I eagerly danced toward the door. (action) • I am.(state of being)

17. Conjunctions- links words, phrases and clauses • Examples: (FANBOYS) for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so • She bought flour, so she could make biscuits. • Sarah likes flowers, but she cannot tolerate them because she has allergies. • During the break, I will either be staying home, or I will go to Tennessee.

18. Prepositions – Locate time and place • Examples: to , from, of, at, above • During lunch we sat at the table and saw trash under the benches.

19. Interjections- add emotion and are not grammatically attached to the structure of the sentence. They are usually followed by an exclamation mark. • Ouch, that hurt! • Oh no, I forgot about my test today.