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Parts of Speech
And how they fit into sentences.
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Parts of Speech
Nouns
really do matter!
There are 8 parts of speech.
Verbs
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions and
Adjectives
Interjections
Every word in every sentence falls into one of these eight
categories!
Adverbs
Every sentence MUST have a subject (usually a noun) and a
verb.
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Nouns
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Nouns
Nouns:
A person, place, thing or idea.
Verbs
Nouns are most often the subjects of sentences.
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Pronouns
Nouns include ideas & concepts that you can’t feel, see or
touch. Things like freedom, loyalty, love, integrity, truth,
morality, failure, strength and grit.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Verbs
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Verbs:
Nouns
Express action OR a state of being
Every sentence MUST have a verb.
Action verbs: Things that you can do down a hallway…
Verbs
The subject is usually performing an action.
John runs. Betsy will sing. Sophia barked.
Linking verbs: express states of being – they link the subject of the
Pronouns
sentence to more information about the subject.
Mark is the president. Sara seems happy.
The cake smells yummy.
singular plural
Adjectives
1st person I We
2nd person You Y’all
3rd
person He They
She
Adverbs
To be:
It
The greatest verb!
I am We are
Prepositions
You are Y’all are
He
is They are
She
Conjunctions
It
Interjections
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Nouns
Replace nouns. They help make sentences less repetitive &
awkward.
Most pronouns require antecedents to make sense! (The proper
Verbs
noun that the pronoun is replacing)
Ms. Perkins is awesome. She is my favorite teacher .
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Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Adjectives
(& articles)
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Adjectives (& articles)
They describe nouns. These words appeal to your senses – sight,
Verbs
smell, hearing etc
Articles are the, a and an. They don’t add a lot of information,
but they go before nouns.
Pronouns
Adjectives answer the questions:
Adjectives
Which ones? How many?
How much? What kind?
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Adverbs
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Nouns
Adverbs
Describe verbs, adjectives or another adverb
Verbs
Like adjectives, they give additional information.
Many adverbs end in –ly.
Adverbs answer the questions: where, when, how, to what
Pronouns
extent
How Bravely, carefully, deeply, warmly, fast
When Always, daily, today, now, often, nightly
Adjectives
Where Behind, inside, somewhere, here, out
To what extent Almost, very, fully, hardly, quite
(degree)
Adverbs
Other adverbs that don’t end in -ly are
Prepositions
Again Almost Alone Already Also
Always Away Even Ever Here
Just Later Never Not Now
Conjunctions
Nowhere Often Perhaps Quite Rather
Seldom So Sometimes Somewhat somewhere
Soon Then There Today too
Very Yesterday Yet
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Nouns
Prepositions
Begin prepositional phrases. They give information about
Verbs
something in relation to something else (noun or pronoun to
another word in the sentence.)
Pronouns
For instance, the house…
On, in, by, through, around,
behind, at, from, under, over . . . the
Adjectives
Or, the plane…
Adverbs
Aboard, onto, down, off . . . the
Prepositions
besides during about as
Conjunctions
between since concerning but
among till except like
without upon
Interjections
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Conjunctions
Nouns
Combine words, phrases and clauses. The most common
conjunctions are: and or but
Verbs
3 Types of conjunctions
Coordinating – connect 2 equal parts
Pronouns
FANBOYS For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Correlative – pairs of connecting words
Adjectives
1. Both/and –2 related ideas
2. Not only/but also – 2 related ideas
3. Neither/nor –2 negative ideas
4. Either/or –2 different ideas
Adverbs
5. Whether/or -2 alternatives
Subordinating – joins 2 clauses; at least one is a
Prepositions
dependent clause (It is not a complete thought by itself.) These
are the clauses that get you in the most trouble when you aren’t
careful!
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Interjections
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Nouns
Interjections
Express emotion, and are often followed by exclamation points.
Verbs
They might show doubt, pity, excitement, fear, realization,
disapproval, anger or happiness plus a whole lot more!
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