Eight Parts of Speech

1
Eight Parts of Speech

• Nouns Adverb
• Pronouns Conjunction
• Verb Preposition
• Adjective Interjection

2
NOUNS

• A NOUN is a word that names a person, place,
  thing or idea.
• There are six types of NOUNS
• Common general name for a person, place, thing
  or idea
• Proper name of a particular person, place, thing
  or idea

3
NOUNS

• Concrete names something that can be perceived
  through the five senses
• Abstract names something that cannot be
  perceived through the five senses
• Collective names a group

4
NOUNS

• Compound contains two or more wordsmay be
  written as one word, two words, or with a hyphen

5
NOUNS

• Nouns that name ONE person place, thing or idea
  are called singular nouns.
• Nouns that name MORE THAN ONE are called plural
  nouns.

6
NOUNSRules for Forming Plurals

• To form the plural of most nouns, just add s.
• prize prizes
• For most singular nouns ending in O, add s.
• photo - photos
• When the singular noun ends in s, sh, ch, x or z,
  add es.
• brush brushes ax - axes

7
NOUNSRules for Forming Plurals

• When a singular noun ends in y with
• a consonant before it, change the y
• to i and add es.
• army armies array arrays
• When a vowel comes before the y, just add s.
• boy boys jockey jockeys

8
NOUNSRules for Forming Plurals

• For most nouns ending in f or fe, change the f
  to v and add es or s. Since there is no rule
  you must memorize such words.
• knife knives calf calves

9
PRONOUNS

• A PRONOUN is a word used in place
• of a noun or another pronoun.
• The noun for which a pronoun stands and to which
  it refers is called its ANTECEDENT.
• (Ante- means prior or earlier.)

10
PERSONAL PRONOUNS

• PERSONAL PRONOUNSPronouns that change form to
  express person, number and gender.
• Person
• 1st person pronouns identifying the person
  speaking
• 2nd person pronouns identifying person being
  spoken to

11
PERSONAL PRONOUNS

• Person (cont.)
• 3rd person pronouns identifying the thing being
  spoken about
• Number
• singular
• plural

12
PERSONAL PRONOUNS

• PERSONAL PRONOUN EXAMPLES
• I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it
• we, us, you, they, them

13
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

• POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS are special forms of personal
  pronouns that show ownership.
• Examples of possessive pronouns
• my, mine, your, yours, his, her,
• hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs
• Ex. This is my car.

14
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

• REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS reflect an action back on a
  subject. (Ends in self or selves and is
  necessary to the meaning of the sentence.)
• Examples of reflexive pronouns
• myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself,
  ourselves, yourselves
• Ex. Mom treated herself to a brownie.

15
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

• INTENSIVE PRONOUNS are used to emphasize a noun
  or pronoun in a sentence. (Not necessary to the
  meaning of a sentence end in self or
  selves.)
• Examples of intensive pronouns
• myself, yourself, himself, itself

16
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

• Examples of intensive pronouns (cont.)
• ourselves, yourselves, themselves
• Ex. I myself am in charge of the campaign.

17
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

• DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS point out persons or
  things.
• Examples of demonstrative pronouns
• this, that, these, those
• Ex. These are the speakers I want.

18
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• INDEFINITE PROUNOUNS do not refer to a definite
  person or thing.
• Examples of indefinite pronouns
• another, anybody, anyone, few, all, anything,
  each, everybody, both, some, everyone,
  everything, much, any, both, many, neither,
  nobody, no one, most, nothing, one, somebody,
  someone, several, all, more, none