Parts of Speech Review

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Parts of Speech Review

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NOUN a person, place, or thing
COMMON- general name for a person, place or thing
(city) PROPER name of a particular person,
place, or thing. CAPITALIZED (Washington)
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CONCRETE can be seen, heard, smelled, touched,
tasted (apple) ABSTRACT an idea, quality, or
state (pride)
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SINGULAR- ONE person, place, or thing
(city) PLURAL- more than one person, place, or
thing (cities)
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COLLECTIVE group of people, places, or things
(audience, family, crowd) singular in form but
refers to more than one POSESSIVE- shows
ownership or relationship (Ms. Goldbergs
computer)
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With the person next to you, list an example of
each type of noun in your notebook
COMMON PROPER CONCRETE
ABSTRACT SINGULAR PLURAL
COLLECTIVE POSESSIVE
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PRONOUN replaces a noun or another
pronoun ANTECEDENT word the pronoun stands
for Ms. Goldberg ate at her desk. Pronoun
her Antecedent Ms. Goldberg
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Pronouns PERSONAL and POSSESSIVE (shows
relationship or ownership) possessive are in
parenthesis SINGULAR PLURAL 1st
person I, me (my, mine) we, us (our,
ours) 2nd person you (your, yours) you
(your, yours) 3rd person he, him, she, her, it
(his, hers) they, them (their,
theirs)
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VERB expresses action, a condition or a state
of being
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ACTION VERBS expresses physical or mental
action Direct object ( a person or thing that
receives the action) LINKING VERBS links the
subject of a sentence to a predicate Linking
verbs either express CONDITION or are a form of
the verb TO BE
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• TO BE is, am, are, was, were, been, being
• CONDITION look, smell, feel, sound, taste,
  grow, appear, become, seem, remain
• AUXILIARY helping verbs, combine with verbs to
  form verb phrases
• is filled should save

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Subject and Predicate

• Simple subject key word of subject
• Complex subject key word and modifiers
  (details)
• Simple predicate just the verb or verb phrase
• Complex predicate verb or verb phrase and
  modifiers (details

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ADJECTIVE modifies or limits the meaning of a
noun or pronoun, tells what kind, which one, how
many, or how much
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Strong adjectives are very important in writing!
Strive for specific adjectives that convey more
meaning. Practice Sentence Adjectives M
usic has been important since old times. Change
old to ancient Good music is important in
movies. Change good to ________ We thought
he was a great actor. Change great to
________
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ADVERB modifies a verb, adjective, or another
adverb (tell how, when, where, to what extent)
Many are formed by adding ly to
adjectives Adjective - Adverb Frequent
frequently True truly Extreme
extremely Other adverbs include afterward,
also, back, even, fast, forth, hard, late, low,
more, hear, next, now, not, often, slow, then,
too, today
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PREPOSITION - shows the relationship between a
noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence
About, above, across, after, against, at, as,
before, behind, below, by, down, during, in, for,
from, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out,
over, since, through, to, toward, under, until,
up, with, within, without, upon PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE - a preposition and its object (noun or
pronoun that follows the preposition) as well as
any modifiers of that object The sounds came
from a radio I sat on a desk
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CONJUNCTION connects words or groups of words
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Coordinating conjunctions words of equal
importance in a sentence And, but, for, nor, or,
so, yet Sally and her friends watched the music
video. The scene started on the beach but it
changed quickly.
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Correlative Conjunctions- word pairs that join
words in a sentence You will not only see your
favorite performer, but also hear your favorite
song. Both and Either or Neither nor Not
only but also Whether or Subordinating
Conjunctions introduce subordinating clauses
(cannot stand alone) The band waited while the
director checked the lighting
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INTERJECTIONS- used to express emotion
Wow Gee Hey Ouch Oh no STRONG
INTERJECTIONS followed by exclamation
points Yikes! MILD INTERJECTIONS set off by
commas Well, we should start here.