Parts of Speech

• What is a noun?
• A noun is a person, place, thing or idea
• What are some examples of nouns?
• Dancer (person)
• Street (place)
• Lamp (thing)
• Freedom (idea)
• How is a proper noun different?
• A proper noun is a noun that is specific to one person, place, thing or idea. In short, a proper noun is a name.
• Examples:
• Mrs. Etter (person)
• Winnetka (place)
• Snuggie (thing)

Noun

• What is a pronoun?
• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
• What are some examples of pronouns?
• It
• I
• You
• He
• She
• Them
• Who
• What
• Everyone
• What does that look like in a sentence?
• Mrs. Etter went to lunch.
• She went to lunch.

Pronoun

• What is a verb?
• A verb is a word that identifies an action, movement or state of being.
• What are some examples of verbs?
• Sing
• Dance
• Believe
• Think
• Want
• What about the forms of “to be”? Example: is, was, were & are.
• Yes, these are verbs. They all describe a state of being and are therefore verbs
• Example: Sam is nice
• What about odd ones like “will”, “shall”, “could”, “would”, “must”, “may”, “might”, etc?
• Yes, these are also verbs. They are called “modal verbs” and are usually seen helping another verb along.
• Example: I think we will go to the party.
• What are the verbs in this sentence?

Verb

• What is an adjective?
• An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun. In other words, it is a word that makes a noun more specific.
• What are some examples of adjectives?
• Red
• Smelly
• Disturbing
• Kind
• Simple
• His
• Which of the following words are adjectives?
• The dancing, purple dog sat beside his house

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Adjective

• What is an adverb?
• An adverb is a word that is used to modify (further describe) a verb, adjective or other adverb.
• What are some examples of adverbs?
• Really
• Quickly
• Very
• Somewhat
• Well
• Lazily
• Which of the following words are adverbs?
• The sun often rises above the extremely green horizon, very rapidly casting an orange glow over the world.

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Adverb

• What is a preposition?
• Shows a relationship, often physical, spatial or concerning time, between two nouns or pronouns in a sentence.
• What are some examples of prepositions?
• Up
• Over
• Under
• Before
• Between
• Above
• Beyond
• To
• For
• Which of the following words are prepositions?
• The cat went to the store. The store was past the park. He passed over the bridge on his way.

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Preposition

• What is a conjunction?
• A word that is used to join words, phrases or clauses.
• What are some examples of conjunctions?
• And
• Nor
• Because
• Or
• But
• Which of the following words are conjunctions?
• The hunter and his friend went camping because they enjoy the outdoors. They paid for the campsite ahead of time so that they could reserve it. It was either that or just show up and hope for the best.

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Conjunction

• What is an interjection?
• An interjection is a single word that is used to express emotion. It is usually separated from the sentence by an exclamation point or a comma.
• What are some examples of interjections?
• Ah
• Ouch
• Eek
• Whoops
• Which of the following words are interjections?
• Ow! You stepped on my toe!
• Eek! I saw a mouse!
• Hey, do you know when class starts tomorrow?

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interjection

• What is an article?
• An article is a word that identifies or specifies a noun. It proceeds the noun in a sentence.
• What are some examples of articles?
• There are only three articles:
• A
• An
• The
• Which of the following words are articles?
• The cat sat beside a river and caught a fish.

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Article

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Practice!

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

The cat ran quickly down the stairs

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Article noun verb adverb preposition article noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

Beside the lake sat the beautiful princess.

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Preposition article noun verb article adjective noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

Carol and Lisa were laughing at his haircut.

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Proper noun conjunction proper noun verb verb preposition adjective noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

Ugh! You are so mean!

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Interjection Pronoun verb adverb adjective

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

The very angry teacher slammed her books on the table.

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Article adverb adjective noun verb adjective noun preposition article noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

Who was spreading that rumor?

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Pronoun verb verb adjective noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

Everyone went to the party but me.

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Pronoun verb preposition article noun conjunction pronoun.

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

My house is between the slowly flowing river and the school.

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Adjective noun verb preposition article adverb adjective noun conjunction article noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

Someone was calling your phone.

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Pronoun verb verb adjective noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

The black car was somewhat noisy and old.

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Article adjective noun verb adverb adjective conjunction adjective.

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

She was standing against the wall.

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Pronoun verb verb preposition article noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

What are we having for dinner?

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Pronoun verb pronoun verb preposition noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

They always arrive before noon.

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Pronoun adverb verb preposition noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

She and I went to the store on Tuesday.

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Pronoun conjunction pronoun verb preposition article noun preposition Proper noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

I had a very scary dream about you.

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Pronoun verb article adverb adjective noun preposition pronoun

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

Jenny nor Sally could come to the dance.

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Proper noun conjunction proper noun verb verb preposition article noun.

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What parts of speech do we have here?

Identify each word in the sentence by its correct part of speech

We sometimes go there after school.

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Pronoun adverb verb noun preposition noun

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What parts of speech do we have here?