PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW

What are NOUNS?

words or groups of words that name… Person Place Thing Idea Dr. Phil forest rain Chuck Norris city pets women team Italy Middle East Eiffel Tower jewelry beauty loyalty fairness respect

What are PRONOUNS?

words used in place of one or more nouns.

They

stand for

a person, place, thing, or idea.

Personal Pronouns I, me, mine you, your, yours she, her, hers, it, its we, us, our, ours they, them, their, theirs myself yourself

Interrogative Pronouns who, whom, what, which whose Indefinite Pronouns Anybody, EACH, EITHER, none someone, one, etc.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS • this • that • these • those

Action verbs express mental or physical action .

Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it.

They danced their way into the championships.

My teacher has been grouchy.

What are ADJECTIVES?

describe a noun or pronoun

New

boat

Refreshing

stream

Lazy

lion

What are ADVERBS ?

describes the verb, adjective or adverb

They usually answer: how, when or to what degree.

They often end in “ly.”

Sang

LOUDLY

Purred

GENTLY

Ran

QUICKLY

On Under Within Below Around Near To For During Beside

What are PREPOSITIONS?

show

position

or direction Think of them as anywhere a squirrel can go in relation to a tree.

words of strong emotion (Usually followed by an exclamation point)

Yikes! Dude!

Oops! Hey Well, Ouch!

Whoops! Oh!

What are CONJUNCTIONS ?

words that connect words, phrases, and clauses

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

Works Cited

 Holt Grammar Handbook – First Course

Published by Holt Literature and Language Arts to support CA Content Standards

 Capital Community College

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pp t/parts.pps

 Graves County Schools

http://www.graves.k12.ky.us/powerpoints/ele mentary/farmrfrizzell.ppt