Transcript ivan-capp
IVAN CAPP The 8 Parts of Speech Interjection • An interjection is a word or phrase used to express EMOTION. VERBS • A verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being. • There are 3 types of Verbs. – Action Verbs – Linking Verbs – Helping Verbs Action Verbs • An ACTION VERB tells what the subject does. Physical Action: Run, Jump, swim Mental Action: wish, hope, dream Linking Verbs • A LINKING VERB links its subject to a word in the predicate. • FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had Helping Verbs • HELPING VERBS help main verbs express action or precise shades of meaning. • Example: Has, have, had • OTHER: could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will Adjectives • An ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun. • • • • Adjectives answer 3 questions: What Kind? Which one or ones? How many or How much? Nouns • A NOUN is a word that names a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA. • Common Nouns: – The general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. • Proper Nouns: – The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. – Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized. Conjunctions • A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or groups of words. CONNECTORS What is FANBOYS? • • • • • • • For And Nor But Or Yet So Adverb • An ADVERB is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. • Adverbs answer 4 questions: – How? Suddenly, carefully, sadly – When? Now, later, soon – Where? There, up, ahead – To What Extent? Completely, totally, fully Pronoun • A PRONOUN is a word that is used in place of a noun. • EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers, my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs Preposition • A PREPOSITION is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence. • About, above, across, against, among, around… • Behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down… • Over, under, of, off, on… • Through, beneath, to, after, • Toward, up, onto, unto, into, in Website • Teacher Videos, Grammar rock, parts of speech, etc. • http://teachertube.com/