Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Are you taking notes?

2. What are they? • Noun • Verb • Adverb • Adjective

3. What is a noun? • Nouns are words that name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. • Person: aunt, ecologist, Rodrigo, father-in-law, child • Place: playground, city, living room, Arizona • Thing: moon, whale, chipmunk, Empire State Building • Idea: democracy, hope, respect, impatience

4. More on Nouns • A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses. • Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc. • An abstract noun names an idea, a quality or a characteristic. • Confusion, grief, patience, clarity, friendship, etc.

5. Singular and Plural Nouns • A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses. • Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc. • An abstract noun names an idea, a quality or a characteristic. • Confusion, grief, patience, clarity, friendship, etc.

6. Practicehttp://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/nouns/Practicehttp://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/nouns/ • Write the plural form of each noun. • Reason • Person • Glass • Child • Keyboard

7. Possessive Nouns • The possessive form of a noun can show possession, ownership, or the general relationship between the two nouns. • Susie’s calculator • Morris’s strobe light • The Wilson’s newspaper • The boys’ headaches • The women’s meeting • The sheep’s noses

8. VERBS • A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement. • +The author summarized his story. • The artist cleaned her brushes. • The actor winked at the audience. • This banner appears dusty.

9. VERBS • Remember that the tense you use with your verb is very important. If you write your sentence in the present (right now) the verb has to be happening right now. • PRESENT • I am riding the red bicycle down the street. • PAST • I rode the red bicycle down the street yesterday.

10. More examples on Verb Tenseusing the verb smell • Present Tense: I smell the roses. • Past Tense: I smelled the roses. • Future Tense: I will smell the roses.

11. Action Verbs • An action verb tells what someone or something does. • The chorus sang the new song. • The chorus liked the new song. • She spoke the words of the challenge. • She spoke clearly.

12. Adjectives • An adjective is a word that DESCRIBES a noun by limiting its meaning. • Three dollars. (can use a number) • Chinese teacup. • Any person. • Purple balloons. (can limit by color) • Baby ducks.

13. ADJECTIVES can describe how something behaves or acts • The boy sneakily put an extra cookie in his pocket. • The dog is sneaky and playful. • NUMBERS can also be adjectives • She won $100 dollars in the lottery. • Moby juggled three apples.

14. Now you try • I am giving you the noun, you add an adjective to it…. Describe it any way you want Cat Girl Roller Coaster Classroom Turkey

15. Adjectives can describe how much • Some • Few • All • Most • A lot • Half • Are all adjectives.

16. Underline all the adjectives in the following sentences. • Example: The thunderstorm (n) broke (v) electric wires(adj), patio umbrellas(adj) and tablecloths (adj). • 1. The apple pie is delicious. • 2. Several large trees fell in the storm. • 3. I seldom wear my dress shoes. • 4. Fifty years is a short time in history.

17. Adverbs • An adverb is a word that helps to describe more clearly the action of the verb. • She ran quickly. • She has often won. • She is very talented and extremely diligent. • She almost always runs quite fast.

18. What is the adverb and how does it add/modify to the verb • Write each adverb and what it modifies. • I am thoroughly disgusted. • Seldom can I select a good watermelon. • Please set the table properly. • Dan is an unusually good driver. • The air conditioner is barely working.

19. A lot of adjectives end in -ly • Calmly • Quietly • Slowly • Beautifully

20. Some adjectives describe when or where something will happen .. • We had a picnic outside. • Let’s have another picnic tomorrow. • OTHER ADVERBS : • TODAY • HERE • THERE • ALWAYS • SOMETIMES • NEVER

21. Adverbs and adjectives help use to see things better in our mind when we read • The veteran will visit the school on Wednesday for Veteran’s Day. • The security guard removes the bad student from the classroom. • The dog barked so loud all night, we slept through the alarm. • http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/adjectivesandadverbs/

22. EXTRA INFORMATION • http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/verbs/ • A verb is a word that shows an action • Verbs tell us what happens • A sentence needs a verb to show a complete thought or idea • You need to change a verb to match the subject • When you have a subject (noun) and it is single, you usually add an s to the verb. The boy rides the bus. • When there is more than one subject/noun, you usually do not add an s to the verb. You add the plural to the noun/subject • The boys ride the bus.

23. Examples • Complete the sentence. Moby _____ the bus. • A. see • B. take • C. rides • D. catch

24. Which is the subject in this sentence? “The University basketball team lost the game today. • A. Team • B. Game • C. Lost • D. Today

25. Which word is a verb? • Dogs • White • Run • Ocean

26. Complete the sentence. “The students _________ to the library for class tonight. • A. Walking • B. Walks • C. Walked • D. walk

27. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS