Transcript Parts of Speech 1

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Amazing Adjectives
• What are adjectives?
• Adjectives are descriptive words, words we
use to describe nouns.
• They are add-ons, we include them in our
writing to be more descriptive.
• Adjectives describe nouns by giving some
information about an object's size, shape, age,
color, origin or material
Size:
Long Island is a large part of New York.
Shape:
Roads upstate can be narrow.
Age:
The young child cried and cried when he realized he should have never
become a Ranger fan.
Color:
The sky is dark around 6 o’clock.
Origin:
The Beatles are an English band.
Material:
My new pillow is soft.
What are the adjectives in the following sentences?
Tom took the shortest way home.
The screen was blurry.
Dan stepped in something gross.
Alexis felt old on her 30th birthday.
Tanya bought new shoes.
Verbs
• What are verbs?
• Verbs are words that show the actions of
nouns.
• There are Physical, Mental, and Being verbs.
Physical:
Let’s run to the corner and back.
I hear the train.
Call me when you’re finished with class.
Mental:
I know the answer.
She recognized me from across the room.
Do you believe everything people tell you?
Being:
I am a student.
We are circus performers.
Please be quiet.
What are the verbs in the following sentences?
The cow jumped over the moon.
Heather thought the test was simple.
The students shoved their way through the halls.
The weather outside is frightful.
“Ryan, be quiet!”
Adverbs
• Adverbs are words that describe an adjective
or verb, but not a noun!
• Adverbs show when, where, how, in what way,
and to what extent, a noun completed an
action.
When:
He ran yesterday.
Here the adverb, “yesterday”, is describing when the
verb, “ran”, took place.
Where:
He ran here.
The adverb, “here”, is describing where the verb, “ran”,
took place. Although “here” is a “place” it is not a noun,
because without a physical explanation, “here”, is not
identifiable.
How:
He ran quickly.
adverb
The adverb, “quickly”, describes the verb, “ran”. The
is showing us how the action was completed.
In what way:
He ran barefoot.
The action, “ran”, was done in a specific
way, “barefoot”.
To what extent:
He ran fastest.
The adverb “fastest”, describes how the
verb, “ran”, was done in comparison to
others.
Adverbs don’t just describe verbs, they also describe adjectives and
other adverbs!
He is an extremely kind person.
The adverb,
“extremely”,
shows “how” kind of a
person they are.
He ran very quickly.
“Very” and “quickly”
are each adverbs.
The adverb, “very”,
describes how quickly
the subject ran.
What are the adverbs in the following sentences?
Jennifer was unusually timid.
“That was so nice of you!”
Cars were moving very quickly.
“Did you really try?”
Gladys drove crazily in her bumper car.
Homework:
Write 5 sentences; be sure to include an
adjective, verb, and adverb in each sentence.
Identify each part of speech however you like
(circle adjectives, write verbs in blue, etc.)