PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW Hopefully this all sounds familiar from elementary school…

PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEWPARTS OF SPEECH REVIEWPARTS OF SPEECH REVIEWPARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW

Hopefully this all sounds familiar Hopefully this all sounds familiar from elementary school…from elementary school…

Hopefully this all sounds familiar Hopefully this all sounds familiar from elementary school…from elementary school…

Eight Parts of SpeechEight Parts of Speech

NounsPronouns

Adjectives Adverbs

Adverbs

ConjunctionsConjunctions

Prepositions

Verbs

InterjectionsInterjections

A PersonA Person

An IdeaAn Idea

A ThingA Thing

A PlaceA Place

A word that namesA word that names

Note: a noun serves as the simple subject of a sentence

Common Nouns boy girl

Proper Nouns (Capitalize these)

John Mary

Singular Nouns boy girl

Plural Nouns (there are several spelling rules for these) boys girls

Singular Possessive boy’s girl’s

Plural Possessive (there are several apostrophe rules that need to be learned)

boys’ girls’

KINDS of NOUNSKINDS of NOUNS

A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a

statement

Action LinkingLinking

“be” verbs&

tastefeel

soundlook

appearbecome

seemgrow

remainstay

SubjectSubject

predicatepredicate

Every sentence Every sentence mustmust have haveEvery sentence Every sentence mustmust have have

aaaa

Note: this is the simple predicate of a sentence

Action verbs express Action verbs express mental or physical mental or physical

action..

Linking verbs make a Linking verbs make a statement by statement by

connecting the subject the subject with a word that with a word that

describes or explains describes or explains it.it.

He rode the horse to victory.

He has been sick.

KINDS of VERBSKINDS of VERBS

KINDS of VERBSKINDS of VERBS

Helping verbs Helping verbs help the help the action verbaction verb show the show the

tense (time) the action tense (time) the action occurred.occurred.

I am running. (present)

I was running. (past)

I will be running. (future)

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Personal Pronouns

I, me, mine

you, your, yours

she, her, hers,

it, its

we,us, our, ours

they, them, their,

theirs

myself

yourself

Indefinite Pronounsanybody

eacheithernone

someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronounswhowhomwhat

whichwhose

Demonstrative Pronounsthisthat

thesethose

Examples:Examples:– This is certainly fun. is certainly fun. – Several have turned in have turned in their homework. homework.– My book was left at book was left at his house. house.– Joe and Joe and she are going on a date. are going on a date.– Please come with Tammy and Please come with Tammy and me to the game. to the game.– You need to bring need to bring it with with you..

The word the pronoun replaces is called the antecedent. It should (but may not) be established before you use a pronoun.

Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

Is that a wool sweater?

Just give me five minutes.

Did you lose your addressbook?

Answers these questions:

Modifies or describesa verb.

Modifies or describesa verb.

Answers the questions:Answers the questions:

How?How?He ran quickly.He ran quickly.

She left yesterday.She left yesterday.When?When?

We went there.We went there. Where?Where?

It was too hot!He ran very quickly.

It is so nice.

It was too hot!He ran very quickly.

It is so nice. To what degree or how much?To what degree or how much?

Or… it describes an adjective or another adverb

We call these intensifiers.

A preposition begins a phrase that helps show relationships to another word in the sentence. The prepositional phrase will end with a noun or pronoun and will answer some of the same questions an adjective or adverb does (just in a phrase).

They received a postcard from Bobby telling

about his trip to Canada.

The preposition never stands alone!

prepositionnoun

pronoun

Complete thepreposition

prepositionobject

can have more than one object

object can have modifiers

You can press those leaves under glass.

Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.

It happened during the last examination.

Some Common Prepositions

aboardaboutaboveacrossafter

against alongamongaround

atbefore

behindbelow

beneathbeside

betweenbeyond

bydown during except

for

fromin

intolikeofoffon

overpastsince

through

throughoutto

towardunder

underneathuntilup

uponwith

withinwithout

A conjunction is a word that joins wordsor groups of words.

and

or

buteither/or

neither/nor

CONJUNCTIONSCONJUNCTIONS

NeitherNeither Johnny Johnny nornor Mike Mike– Two equal wordsTwo equal words

over the river over the river andand through the woods through the woods– Two equal phrasesTwo equal phrases

I fell over the backpack, I fell over the backpack, andand I broke my ankle. I broke my ankle.– Two equal sentencesTwo equal sentences

You only need a comma if connecting two sentences.

an exclamatory word that expresses emotion

Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow, look at that sunset!

***Use an exclamation point for strong emotion or a comma for mild emotion.