Transcript Example Slides – Parts of Speach

What is a part of
speech?
Each part of speech tells how the
word is used.
It does not tell what the word is.
A noun is a word used to
name a person, animal,
place, or thing.
Town
Boat
Bike
School
Cake
Book
Dog
Sled
Pencil
Learning To Identify
Parts Of Speech
Language Arts
Lesson VII
Books are made of ink,
paper, and glue.
• In this sentence, "books" is a noun,
the subject of the sentence.
Ann waits patiently while
Bob books the tickets.
Here "books" is a verb. Bob
is the subject.
A verb describes something
about the subject of the
sentence. It express actions,
events, or states of being.
Run
Eat
Crawl
Draw
Sleep
Walk
Hit
Go
Skip
We walk down the
street.
In this sentence, "walk" is a verb, and
its subject is the pronoun "we."
A preposition links nouns,
pronouns, and phrases to
other words in a sentence.
On
Beside
About
Beneath
Over
Above
Against
With
After
The mail carrier stood on
the walk.
“Walk" is a noun, which is part of a
prepositional phrase describing
where the mail carrier stood.
A pronoun can replace a
noun or another pronoun.
I
He
They
Him
It
You
We
Me
Them
Us
She
Her
We will meet at the
library at 3:30 p.m.
We is the pronoun which
takes the place of a noun,
such as Bob and Ann.
An adjective describes
or modifies a noun or a
pronoun.
Small
Battered
Big
Dark
Large
Wide
Dank
Yellow
Dirty
An adverb can modify a verb,
an adjective another adverb,
a phrase, or a clause.
quickly
badly
afoul
slowly
silently
loudly
boldly
calmly
eagerly
The boldly spoken words
would return to haunt
the boy.
The adverb "boldly" modifies the
adjective "spoken."
A preposition links nouns,
pronouns and phrases to
other words in a sentence.
The word or phrase that the
preposition introduces is called the
object of the preposition.
Here, a preposition
locates the noun "book"
in space or in time.
The
The
The
The
book
book
book
book
is
is
is
is
on the table.
beneath the table.
leaning against the table.
beside the table.
PRACTICE
IDENTIFY the yellow words:
Ben watched the cat climb the tree.
The ball bounced across the street.
The fire burned slowly.
Joe quickly counted the change.
The doll-shaped balloon floated over
the treetops.
PRACTICE
IDENTIFY the yellow words:
My first teacher was Miss Crawford.
Sue has on a red dress.
The theater is on a hill.
The dog was dirty and had fleas on it.
More Practice
On your computers go to:
www.abcteach.com
Click on Worksheets.
Search: Parts of Speech.
Do worksheets Brainstorm Form:
Adjectives, Adverbs, Nouns, and Verbs only.
TOMORROW
We'll do computer work.
You will complete a table of
the parts of speech.