8 Parts of Speech

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8 Parts of Speech

• Nouns
• 2. Adjectives
• Verbs
• Adverbs
• Pronouns
• Prepositions
• Interjections
• Conjunctions

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Nouns

• Word that names
• A person Boy, girl, doctor, Jill, children,
  mother
• A place Colorado, hospital, McDonalds
• A thing Ball, dog, book, pencil, bus
• An idea

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Noun
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VerbsEvery sentence must have a verb!Verbs are
the start of the predicate part of a sentence.

• Action verbs express mental or physical action.

• Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the
  subject with a word that describes or explains
  it.

Hunt Clap Fly Sing Jump Walk
is am are have does Was were be had did Being been
has do will Shall should would may can
He rode the horse to victory.
He has been sick.
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Pronouns
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 Pronouns anybody, each either,
none someone, one, etc.
Demonstrative Pronouns this that these those
Interrogative Pronouns who whom what which whose
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Adjectives
Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. They
usually come in front of the noun they modify or
after a linking verb.
Adjectives answer these questions about nouns

• Did you lose your address
• book?
• Is that a wool sweater?
• Just give me five minutes.
• The crowded bus arrived at school.

• Which one? This house.
• What kind? Beautiful day.
• How many? Two cats.
• How much? Many people.
• Whose? Teachers desk.

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Adverbs
Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or
another adverb.

• How?
• He ran quickly.
• When?
• She left yesterday.
• When?
• We went there.
• To what degree or how much?
• It was too hot!

Answers the questions
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Prepositions
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a
phrase or clause functioning in the sentence as a
noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby telling about
his trip to Canada.
behind below beneath beside between beyond by down
during except for
from in into like of off on over past since throug
h
throughout to toward under underneath until up up
on with within without
aboard about above across after against
along among around at before
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Prepositions Continued
The preposition never stands alone!
preposition
object
You can press those leaves under glass.
Can have more than one object
preposition
object
object
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
Object can have modifiers
preposition
object
modifier
It happened during the last examination.
noun
object of preposition
preposition

pronoun
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Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word that joins words or
groups of words.
neither/nor
and
I dont want this nor that.
either/or
yet
for
but
The boy went to school, but he didnt feel well.
so
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Interjections
An exclamatory word that expresses emotion.
A surprise or sudden spoken word.
Wow!
Yes!
Super!
Yikes!
Wonderful!
Cool!
Fantastic!
Aw!
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that sunset!
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Mini Quiz
1. Find the nouns In a hole in the ground
there lived a Hobbit. 2. Find the verb Max ran
quickly. 3. Find the conjunction The ring held
huge powers, and it had to be destroyed. 4. Find
the interjection Wow! We made it! 5. Find the
adverbs Bill walked very stealthily into
Smaugs cave. 6. Find the prepositions In a
hole in the ground lived a Hobbit. 7. Find the
adjective They followed the slanting path. 8.
Find the pronoun Gretchen gave him the ring.
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Mini Quiz Answer Key

• The nouns are hole, ground, and Hobbit.
• The verb is ran.
• The conjunction is and.
• The interjection is Wow!
• The adverbs are very and stealthily.
• The prepositions are in and in.
• The adjective is slanting.
• The pronoun is him.

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