Transcript oh no!!! not grammar?!! the parts of speech

OH NO!!! NOT GRAMMAR?!!
THE PARTS OF SPEECH
There are 9 parts of speech in the
English language
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Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Articles
Prepositions
Interjections
NOUN: person, place, thing,
or idea/quality
Person: Mr. Spock likes
to eat fingernails.
Place: Ms. Edwards
once spent a summer
in Europe.
Thing: Do you like to
eat potatoes?
Idea/Quality: Honesty
is a great value to
possess.
VERB: shows action or state of
being
• Action: He was running through the street.
• State of being: She was excited when she won
the lottery.
Where are the noun and verb in the
sentence?
• Nouns may be found
in the subject of the
sentence.
• Verbs may be found
in the predicate of the
sentence.
How can we break this down?
• Below is a sentence diagram.
subject
predicate
noun
verb