IVAN CAPP

The 8 Parts of Speech

Interjection

• An interjection is a word or phrase used to express EMOTION.

VERBS

• A verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being.

• There are 3 types of Verbs.

– Action Verbs – Linking Verbs – Helping Verbs

Action Verbs

• An ACTION VERB tells what the subject does. Physical Action: Run, Jump, swim Mental Action: wish, hope, dream

Linking Verbs

• A LINKING VERB links its subject to a word in the predicate. • FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had

Helping Verbs

• HELPING VERBS help main verbs express action or precise shades of meaning. • Example: Has, have, had • OTHER: could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

Adjectives

• An ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun.

• Adjectives answer 3 questions: • What Kind?

• Which one or ones?

• How many or How much?

Nouns

• A NOUN is a word that names a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA.

• Common Nouns: – The general name for a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Proper Nouns: – The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. – Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized.

Conjunctions

• A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or groups of words. CONNECTORS

• F or • A nd • N or • B ut • O r • Y et • S o

What is FANBOYS?

Adverb

• An ADVERB is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• Adverbs answer 4 questions: – How?

– When?

Suddenly, carefully, sadly Now, later, soon – Where?

There, up, ahead – To What Extent?

Completely, totally, fully

Pronoun

• A PRONOUN is a word that is used in place of a noun.

• EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we,

they, him, his, hers, my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs

Preposition

• A PREPOSITION is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence.

• About, above, across, against, among, around… • Behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down… • Over, under, of, off, on… • Through, beneath, to, after, • Toward, up, onto, unto, into, in

Website

• • Teacher Videos, Grammar rock, parts of speech, etc.

http://teachertube.com/