Transcript Parts of Speech

Pronoun
Nouns
Adjective
Conjunction
Adverb
Preposition
Interjection
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Noun
• My family lives in a small
village.
Definition: The part of speech that is
used to name a person, place, thing,
idea, quality, or action and can
function as the subject or object of a
verb, the object of a preposition, or an
appositive.
Types:
Singular/plural – fox/foxes
Common – village
Collective – family
Abstract – honesty
Concrete – Steak
Proper – Hightower Trail Middle School
Possessive – Lola’s
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Verb
• I was so sad that I fell
down.
Definition: The part of speech that
expresses existence, action, or
occurrence in most languages.
Types:
Action – fell
Linking – is
Helping – have
Tenses:
Past tense – sang
Present tense – is singing
Future tense – will sing
Parts of Speech
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Pronoun
• You only think about
yourself.
Definition: The part of speech that
substitutes for nouns or noun phrases
and designates persons or things.
Type:
Personal – you
Demonstrative – this
Interrogative – which
Reflexive – yourself
Indefinite – anything
Parts of Speech
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Adjective
• The dog is almost larger
than I am.
Definition: A part of speech that
describes a noun.
Type:
Proper – French
Articles – the, a, an
Comparative – Larger
Superlative - Largest
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Adverb
Definition: a part of speech that
primarily is used to modify a verb,
adjective, or other adverb.
• I quietly paid attention in
class today, and my teacher
was most surprised when I
made an A on the test.
Type:
Comparative adverb – quieter
Superlative adverb - most
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Preposition
Definition: A word put before a noun or
pronoun to show how it is related to
another word in the sentence.
Explain the parts of a prepositional
phrase:
The preposition and the object of the
preposition together is called a
prepositional phrase.
A preposition always goes before the
noun or pronoun which is called the
object of the preposition.
Preposition is almost always before the
noun or pronoun that is why it is called
a preposition.
•
•
•
•
I want to go (to the farm.)
Preposition – to
Object of the Preposition – farm
Prepositional phrase – (to the
farm)
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Conjunction
Definition: A part of speech that serves
to connect words, phrases, clauses, or
sentences.
• I haven’t been good, but I
will try harder this
afternoon.
Type:
Coordinating (fanboys) – yet, but
Subordinating – after
Correlative - both
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Interjection
• Congratulations, you have
made an A on this project.
Definition: A part of speech that
usually expresses emotion and is
capable of standing alone.
5 examples of Interjections:
Congratulations
Oh well
wow
Thanks
Yeah
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