The Parts of Speech

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The Parts of Speech

• Noun Verb Preposition
• Pronoun Adverb Conjunction
• Adjective Interjection

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Noun

• A noun is a word used to name a person, place,
  thing, or idea.

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Types of Nouns

• 1. Proper
• Common
• Abstract
• Concrete
• Collective

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Proper Noun

• A proper noun is the name of a particular person,
  place, or thing.
• Ex. Kay, Miami, White House

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Common Noun

• A common noun is the name of an ordinary noun.
• Ex. city, woman, building, shoe

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Abstract Noun

• An abstract noun names a quality, a
  characteristic, or an idea.
• Ex. beauty, strength, love, courage

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Concrete Noun

• A concrete noun names an object that can be
  perceived by the senses.
• Ex. hat, desk, book, box

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Collective Noun

• A collective noun names a group.
• Ex. - crowd, team, class

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Possessive Case

• The possessive case of a noun or a pronoun shows
  ownership or relationship.
• Ownership Relationship
• Alice Walkers poetry
  Crowfoots family
• the students suggestions five
  dollars worth
• your opinion my grandparents

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Possessive Case

• 1. To form the possessive of a singular noun,
  add an apostrophe and an s.
• ex. The senators comments
• players turn
• To form the possessive of a plural noun ending in
  s, add only the apostrophe.
• ex. Girls team the winners trophy

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Possessive Case

• Do not use an apostrophe with possessive personal
  pronouns or with the possessive pronoun whose.
• INCORRECT We thought the top score was
• hers.
• CORRECT We thought the top score was hers.

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Possessive Case

• 4. To form the possessive of an indefinite
  pronoun, add an apostrophe and an s.
• Ex. Everyones vote counts equally.

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Possessive Case

• Form the possessive of only the last word in a
  hyphenated word, in the name of an organization
  or a business firm, or in a word group showing
  joint possession.
• Ex. father-in-laws hobby
• Lewis and Clarks expedition

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Pronoun

• A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or of
  more than one noun.
• Ex. Angelo borrowed a hammer and some nails.
  He will return them tomorrow.

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Antecedent

• The word that a pronoun stands for is called the
  antecedent.
• In the preceding example, Angelo is the
  antecedent of he, and hammer and nails are the
  antecedents of them.

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Types of Pronouns

• Personal
• Reflexive
• Intensive
• Relative
• Interrogative
• Demonstrative
• Indefinite

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Personal Pronouns

• Singular Plural
• 1st I, me, my, mine we,
  our, ours, us
• Person
• 2nd you, your, yours you, your,
  yours
• Person
• 3rd he, his, him they, their,
  theirs, them
• Person she, her, hers
• it, its

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Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns

• A reflexive or intensive pronoun is created when
  the suffix self or selves is added to the
  appropriate personal pronouns.
• Reflexive (The pronoun stands alone.)
• Ex. Carmen hurt herself.
• Intensive (The pronoun is next to another noun or
  pronoun.)
• Ex. Carmen herself was not hurt.

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Relative Pronoun

• A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate
  (dependent) clause.
• Who Which
• Whose That
• Whom

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Interrogative Pronouns

• An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.
• Who Which
• Whom What
• Whose

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Demonstrative Pronouns

• A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, a
  place, a thing, or an idea.
• The demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these,
  and those.
• Ex. This is our favorite song by Ella Fitzgerald.

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Indefinite Pronouns

• all either much other
• another everybody neither several
• any everyone nobody some
• anybody everything none somebody
• anyone few no one someone
• anything many nothing something
• both more one such
• each most

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Indefinite Pronouns

• An indefinite pronoun refers to a person, place,
  idea, or thing that may or may not be
  specifically named.

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Verbs

• A verb is a word used to express action or a
  state of being.

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Forms of Be

• There are eight forms of the verb BE.
• am was be
• is were been
• are being

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Linking Verbs

• am appear grow seem taste
• is become look smell turn
• are feel remain sound
• was stay
• were
• be
• been
• being

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Verb Phrases

• A verb phrase consists of a main verb and at
  least one helping verb. As many as three helping
  verbs may precede the main verb.

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Helping Verbs

• am could do have can will
• is would did has may shall
• are should does had might
• was must
• were
• be
• been
• being

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Action Verbs

• Action verbs fall into two categories
• Transitive
• Intransitive

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Transitive Verbs

• A transitive verb is an action verb that takes an
  object (a word that tells who or what receives
  the action. The object is either a noun or
  pronoun.)
• Ex. Everyone (in the school) cheered the
  football team.
• To find the object, ask who? or what? after
  the verb.

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Intransitive Verbs

• An intransitive verb is an action verb that does
  not take an object.
• Ex. The gorilla smiled.
• Suddenly, the child next door screamed.

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Adjectives

• An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a
  pronoun.
• To modify means to describe or make more
  definite.

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Articles

• A, an, and the are articles.
• Identify articles by placing an orange box around
  each of them.

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Adjectives

• Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns by telling
  which one, what kind, how many.

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Which one?

• This street
• Those cars
• First step
• Last one

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What kind?

• Brown shoes
• Large animal
• Narrow road
• Nice person

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How many?

• Ten boxes
• Several boxes
• Fewer mistakes
• Many students

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Adjectives

• Adjectives usually precede the words they modify.
• Ex. The wild and graceful deer ran through the
  forest.

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Adjectives

• For emphasis, however, adjectives are sometimes
  placed after the words they modify.
• The deer, wild and graceful, ran through the
  forest.

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Adjective Suffixes

• Common adjective suffixes include
• -able (tolerable) -en (wooden)
• -ible (possible) -ful (thankful)
• -ate (desolate, separate) -less (hopeless)
• -esque (picturesque) -some (lonesome)
• -ous

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Adverbs

• An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an
  adjective, or another adverb.

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Adverbs

• Most adverbs end in ly.
• Common adverbs include
• no very still
• not almost too
• never always well
• nt

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Adverbs

• An adverb may tell how, when, where, or to what
  extent (how often or how much).
• Ex. She drives carefully. (tells how she
  drives)
• She drives early and late. (tells
  when)
• She drives everywhere. (tells where)
• She can almost drive. (tells to what
  extent)
• She drives daily. (tells how often)

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Prepositions

• A preposition is a word used to show the relation
  of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the
  sentence.
• Think about the squirrel and the tree!!!!

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Prepositions

• About at but (concerning)
• Above before by
• Across behind concerning
• After below down
• Against beneath during
• Along beside except
• Amid besides for
• Among between from
• Around beyond in

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More Prepositions

• into since until
• like through unto
• of throughout up
• off to upon
• on toward with
• over under within
• past underneath without

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Conjunctions

• A conjunction is a word that joins words or
  groups of words.
• There are three kinds of conjunctions
• 1. coordinating conjunctions
• 2. correlative conjunctions
• 3. subordinating conjunctions

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• A coordinating conjunction connects words or
  groups of words used in the same way.
• and or yet
• but nor so
• for

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Correlative Conjunctions

• Correlative conjunctions are pairs of
• conjunctions that connect words or groups of
  words used in the same way.
• Both . . . and
• Either . . . or
• Neither . . . nor
• Not only . . . but
• Whether . . . or

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• A subordinating conjunction begins a subordinate
  (dependent) clause and connects it to an
  independent clause.

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• after because since
• although before so that
• as even though than
• as if how that
• as much as if though
• as though in order that unless
• as well as provided until

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More Subordinating Conjunctions

• when
• whenever
• where
• wherever
• whether
• while
• why

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Interjection

• An interjection is a word that expresses emotion
  and has no grammatical relation to other words in
  the sentence.
• Examples Oh! My goodness! Hurry!
• Interjections are followed by an exclamation
  point. (!)

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