The Parts of Speech - Welcome to The World of S
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What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that
expresses a complete thought.
Ex. This gift is for you.
Every sentence has two parts:
Subject
Predicate
Subject
The subject tells who or
what the sentence is about.
Complete subject:
The Men are stupid.
Simple subject:
Mr. Morton is stupid.
Predicate
Complete predicate:
words that tell what the subject is or
does
Verb: the key word of
the complete predicate –
also known as
simple predicate
Ex. Mr. Morton picks up the cat.
Parts of Speech
The 8 ways we categorize words
Noun
Pronoun
Verbs
Adjective
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection
Noun
Computer
Table
A noun is the name of a person, a
place, a thing, or an idea.
Kinds of Nouns
Proper Noun
Mark
Common Noun
sun
Abstract Noun
love
Collective Noun
class
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used
in place of a noun.
Kinds of Pronouns
Subject
Relative
Object
Interrogative
Possessive
Demonstrative
Reflexive
Intensive
Kinds of Pronouns
Subject
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Object
Me
You
Him
Her
It
Us
You
Them
Possessive Possessive
Adjectives Pronouns
My
Your
His
Hers
It
Our
Your
Their
Mine
Yours
His
Hers
Its
Ours
Yours
Theirs
Kinds of Pronouns
Reflexive Relative Interrogative Demonstrative
Myself
That
Who
This
Yourself Which
Whose
That
Himself Who
What
These
Herself
Whom
Whom
Those
Itself
Whose
Which
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
Kinds of Pronouns
Indefinite
All
Anyone
Either
Few
Much
No one
Some
Such
Another
Anything
Everybody
Many
Neither
One
Somebody
Any
Both
Everyone
More
Nobody
Other
Someone
Anybody
Each
Everything
Most
None
Several
Something
Verbs
Conveys an action or a state of
being
Action - Ex. Dive
Linking - Ex. Am
Helping or auxiliary Ex. have, do, be
Verb Tenses
Present
Past
Future
Adjective
An adjective describes or
modifies a noun or pronoun.
Answers the questions:
What kind?
I like the long, green rectangle.
Which one?
I want that dress.
How many?
I see twelve circles.
Adverb
A word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs.
Answers the questions:
When?
I will see you tomorrow.
Where? The dog is outside.
How? She worked happily.
To what extent or degree? They swam deeper
into the ocean.
In what manner? Mary sang beautifully.
Prepositions
A word that shows a relationship
between a noun or pronoun and some
other words in the sentence.
Example:
The students of this university are dynamic.
List of Prepositions
Along
Among
Around
As
At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Besides
Between
Beyond
By
Despite
Down
Except
For
From
In
Near
More Prepositions
Of
Off
On
Onto
Out
Outside
Over
Past
Since
Through
Till
To
Toward
Under
Underneath
Until
Up
Upon
With
Within
Without
Compound Prepositions
According to
As of
As well as
Aside from
Because of
By means of
In addition to
In front of
In place of
In regard to
In respect to
In spite of
Instead of
On account of
Out of
Prior to
Conjunction
A conjunction is used to join words or
group of words
Kinds of conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions
connects individual
words or groups of
words that perform the
same function.
Ex. I dance and sing.
And
But
Or
Nor
For
Yet
Correlative Conjunctions
two or more words
that function
together.
Ex. Either Bill or Mary
wrote the poem.
Either...or
Neither…nor
Whether…or
Not only…but
(also)
both…and
Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions introduce
subordinate clauses, which are clauses that
cannot stand by themselves as a complete
thought.
The subordinate conjunction connects a
subordinate clause to an independent clause,
which can stand by itself.
Ex. We will go whale watching if we have time.
List of Subordinating
Conjunctions
Time
After
As
As long as
As soon as
Before
Time
Since
Until
When
Whenever
While
Purpose
In order that
So that
That
More Subordinating
Conjunctions
Manner
Cause
As
As if
As though
Because
Comparison
As
Tha
n
Interjection
An interjection is a word that expresses
strong feelings
It is followed by an exclamation mark (!)
List of Common Interjections
Really!
Whoops!
Good grief!
Honestly!
Good!
Oh!
What!
Well!
Sh!
Ugh!
Alas!
Yes!
Ahem!
My!
Please!
No!
Unbelievable!
Congratulations!
My goodness!