The 9 Parts of Speech

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The 9 Parts of Speech

1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Article
4. Adjective
5. Verb
6. Adverb
7. Conjunction
8. Preposition
9. Interjection

Parts of Speech Rap
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Make a Chart

• Fold your paper into 3 columns.
• Title the page The 9 Parts of Speech
• Label columns
• Part of Speech
• What is it?
• My Notes (you choose examples, sentences or your
  own notes to help you remember the part of speech)

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What is a Noun?

• a person, place, thing or idea
• Ex. student, Chicago, spatula, happiness

• Find the nouns
• It was a pleasure to meet the president.
• Fear is in the air.

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What is a Pronoun?

• A word that takes the place of a noun in a
  sentence
• Ex. He, her, us, somebody, it, mine, them, their,
  yourself

• Find the pronouns
• Everybody wants to dance with him.

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What is an Article?

• Articles precede a noun or noun phrase in a
  sentence
• Ex. a, an, the (thats it!)

• A dinosaur chased an elephant through the
  playground.

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What is an Adjective?

• A word that modifies (describes) a noun or
  pronoun
• Ex. spicy, worried, magnificent, French, clever

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What is a Verb?

• An action or state of being word in a sentence
• Ex. giggle, float, was, used to, stumbled, am

• Find the verbs
• Today has been the longest day of my life.

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What is an Adverb?

• A word that modifies (describes) a verb
• Ex. skillfully, eagerly, quickly

• Find the adverbs
• George walked carefully, so he wouldnt
  accidentally wake his mom.

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What is a Conjunction?

• A word that joins two independent clauses
  (sentences) together.
• FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• I need to mail the invitations, but I cant
  decide on the guest list.

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What is a Preposition?

• A word that links nouns, pronouns or phrases to
  other words in a sentence
• Ex. under, near, behind, after, during, of, to,
  in

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What is an Interjection?

• A word that shows emotion and is not
  grammatically related to the rest of the sentence

• Wow, I never knew you could break dance.
• Ouch, that hurt.

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Challenge!

• Find all 9 parts of speech in the sentence.
• Hints 3 nouns, 1 pronoun, 1 article, 2
  adjectives, 2 verbs, 1 adverb, 1 conjunction, 1
  preposition, 1 interjection
• Yesterday, we travelled along the bumpy road and
  quickly found angry snakes--yikes!

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Subjects and Predicates
Two parts of a sentence
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Subject

• What or who the sentence is about
• Hint the subject usually comes before the verb.

• What is the subject?
• My dogs played in the water.

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Predicate

• The part of the sentence that tells something
  about the subject
• Hint the predicate is the verb and everything
  after it.

• What is the predicate?
• My dogs played in the water.