Transcript Parts of Speech

You will need:
1-2 pieces of notebook paper
A pen or pencil
A highlighter
Your Notes:
The 8 Parts of Speech
1. Part of Speech
 Definition
 Examples (2 minimum)
2. Part of Speech
 Definition
 Examples (2 minimum)
3. Part of Speech
 Definition
 Examples (2 minimum)
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In the English language . . .
 There are 8 basic parts of
speech:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Every word in a sentence
has a job to do, a role to
play…
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Adjectives Knowing what these “jobs”
are will help you learn
Adverbs
vocabulary, develop more
Conjunctionsefficient reading skills, and
Prepositions improve your writing!
Interjections
Noun: a person, place, thing, idea,
or quality
Person: Mr. Jones likes to eat spinach.
Place: Rome is an ancient city.
Thing: I will water the plant when I get
home.
Idea: She looked at him with love.
Quality: Patience is a great virtue.
Verb: shows action or state
of being
Action: He ran through the
forest.
State of being: Olivia is my best
friend at school.
State-of-being verbs:
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
Pronoun: takes the place of
a noun
Juan was studying diligently for the
mid-term exam because he wanted to
do well on it.
This is the pumpkin I want to carve for
Halloween.
Diana found a rose by her door and
wondered who* had given it to her.
* does not have an actual antecedent in the sentence
Adjective: describes a noun
The beautiful woman picked a
bouquet of wildflowers.
I brought ten dollars to school to
buy a vocabulary book.
Adjectives answer these questions:
Which one? What kind? How many?
Don’t forget about the
ARTICLES!
The 3 articles: a, an, & the
For the purposes of the eight
parts of speech, these may be
classified as adjectives, because
they are used to modify nouns.
Give me the pencil.
Adverb: describes a verb
The little girl skipped happily
through the park.
The student completely finished
her homework before dinner time.
Adverbs answer these questions:
How? When? Where? To what degree?
Conjunctions: words that join words,
phrases or sentences
Mark and Sophie love to cook.
You should get to class on time, or you
will be counted tardy.
I am happy because I had a great
weekend.
The game has been cancelled, since the
field was flooded by rain.
Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the
relationship between a noun or pronoun and some
other word in the sentence.
Breakfast is on the table.
The remote was under the pillow.
These are some common prepositions:
for
on
to
up
at
under
above
toward
with
between in
behind
from
upon
into
off
Interjections: expressive
words
Wow, you knocked that ball out of
the park!
Oh, I forgot!
Huh, what did you say?
Ah, now I understand!
You’re done…for now!
I would make sure those notes
were in the Language section of
my binder.
Seriously.
Quickwrite Quiz!
Using your notes, tell me the parts
of speech for each of the following
sentences.
Yes, this is a grade! How well did
you listen? Take notes?
Identify each word in the
following sentence:
The beautiful queen was walking
slowly on the cool lawn, and she
was reading a long book about
knights and kings which she
enjoyed.
The beautiful queen was walking slowly
article
adjective
noun
verb
verb
adverb
on the cool lawn, and she was reading a
preposition
article
adjective
noun
conjunction
pronoun
verb
verb
article
long book about knights and kings which
adjective
noun
preposition
she enjoyed.
pronoun
verb
noun
conjunction
noun
pronoun
Identify the parts of
speech!
1. The frustrated teacher told her
students that they desperately
needed to take notes and study.
2. I reviewed for fifteen minutes
every night and aced my
vocabulary quiz.
3. For some people, grammar is a
piece of cake.