Parts of SpeechParts of Speech

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NounNoun

• A A nounnoun is a person, place, thing or is a person, place, thing or idea.idea.

• Examples:Examples:- boy, girl, Bob, Sallyboy, girl, Bob, Sally (person)(person)

- school, park, San Diegoschool, park, San Diego (place)(place)

- pencil, book, basketballpencil, book, basketball (thing)(thing)

- love, joy, friendshiplove, joy, friendship (idea)(idea)

NounNoun

• The The manman walked down the walked down the streetstreet..

• A large A large elephantelephant ate the ate the peanutspeanuts..

• SusanSusan and and JenniferJennifer bought new bought new computerscomputers at at Best BuyBest Buy..

• Her Her heartheart was full of was full of joyjoy..

PronounPronoun

• A A pronounpronoun takes the place of a takes the place of a noun.noun.

• Examples:Examples:- II - it- it

- youyou - we- we

- hehe - they- they

- sheshe

PronounPronoun

• HeHe walked to the park. walked to the park.

• TheyThey gave gave itit to the teacher. to the teacher.

• SheShe and and II wanted to go to the wanted to go to the movies, but movies, but wewe had to stay home had to stay home and do our homework.and do our homework.

Action VerbAction Verb

• An An action verbaction verb shows action. shows action.

• It explains what the subject of the It explains what the subject of the sentence sentence doesdoes..

• Examples:Examples:– eateat - ate- ate

– throwthrow - threw- threw

– runrun - ran- ran

– writewrite - wrote- wrote

Action VerbAction Verb

• The quarterback The quarterback tossedtossed the ball to the ball to the running back.the running back.

• Mrs. Smith Mrs. Smith wrotewrote the problem on the problem on the whiteboard.the whiteboard.

• Angela Angela raisedraised her hand and her hand and answeredanswered the question. the question.

Linking VerbLinking Verb

• A A linking verblinking verb connects the subject connects the subject of the sentence with the predicate.of the sentence with the predicate.

• It explains what the subject of the It explains what the subject of the sentence sentence isis..

• Examples:Examples:– amam - was- was - been- been

– isis - were- were - being- being

– areare - be- be

Linking VerbLinking Verb

• I I amam hungry. hungry.

• The people The people werewere unhappy about unhappy about the new taxes.the new taxes.

• It It isis hot during the summer. hot during the summer.

• She She waswas happy at the party. happy at the party.

Helping / Main VerbsHelping / Main Verbs

• A A helping verbhelping verb helpshelps the the main verbmain verb of the sentence.of the sentence.

• The helping verb usually goes right The helping verb usually goes right before the main verb.before the main verb.

• Examples:Examples:– amam - was- was - has- has

– isis - were- were - had- had

– areare - have- have

Helping / Main VerbsHelping / Main Verbs

• The boy The boy was doingwas doing his homework. his homework.((waswas = helping verb; = helping verb; doingdoing = main = main verb)verb)

• I I have finishedhave finished my project. my project.((havehave = helping verb; = helping verb; finishedfinished = = main verb)main verb)

AdjectiveAdjective

• An An adjectiveadjective describes a noun or describes a noun or pronoun.pronoun.

• Examples:Examples:– largelarge - tired- tired

– sleepysleepy - excited- excited

– fastfast - bored- bored

– funnyfunny - new- new

– hungryhungry - electronic- electronic

AdjectiveAdjective

• The The smallsmall boy played with his boy played with his plasticplastic truck. truck.

• We bought a We bought a blueblue umbrella at umbrella at Costco, a Costco, a bigbig store with store with lowlow prices. prices.

• The The blueblue water sparkled in the water sparkled in the warmwarm sunlight. sunlight.

AdverbAdverb

• An An adverbadverb describes a verb or describes a verb or adjective.adjective.

• Many adverbs end in Many adverbs end in -ly-ly..

• Examples:Examples:– quicklyquickly - slowly- slowly

– quietlyquietly - finally- finally

– safelysafely - impatiently- impatiently

– recentlyrecently - carefully- carefully

AdverbAdverb

• The secret agent The secret agent quietlyquietly entered entered the building.the building.

• My best friend’s family My best friend’s family recentlyrecently moved to another state.moved to another state.

• ““Drive Drive safelysafely,” she said.,” she said.

Direct ObjectDirect Object

• A A direct objectdirect object is a noun that is a noun that receives the action of a verb.receives the action of a verb.

• A direct object usually comes after A direct object usually comes after the verb.the verb.

• A direct object answers the A direct object answers the question, “What?” or “Whom?”question, “What?” or “Whom?”

Direct ObjectDirect Object

• The author wrote the The author wrote the bookbook..(What did the author write? The (What did the author write? The bookbook))

• My friend gave me a My friend gave me a cookiecookie..(What did my friend give me? A (What did my friend give me? A cookiecookie))

• Susan spoke to Susan spoke to AllisonAllison..(To whom did Susan speak? To (To whom did Susan speak? To AllisonAllison))

Prepositional PhrasePrepositional Phrase

• A A prepositional phraseprepositional phrase is a group is a group of words that tells of words that tells wherewhere..

• Examples:Examples:– under the deskunder the desk

– on top of the refrigeratoron top of the refrigerator

– in the closetin the closet

– behind the barnbehind the barn

– through the tunnelthrough the tunnel

Prepositional PhrasePrepositional Phrase

• She put the roses She put the roses on the tableon the table..

• The class took a fieldtrip The class took a fieldtrip to the to the parkpark..

• I parked my bicycle I parked my bicycle near the fencenear the fence..

• He hid He hid under the bedunder the bed..

Practice TimePractice TimeOn the following slides, On the following slides, you will see a sentence you will see a sentence with a green, underlined with a green, underlined

word. See if you can word. See if you can identify what part of identify what part of

speech it is.speech it is.

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• The children The children playedplayed in the in the sandbox.sandbox.

Action VerbAction Verb – –playedplayed shows action. It shows action. It

tells what the children tells what the children diddid..

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• Since it was such a Since it was such a beautifulbeautiful day, my family day, my family decided to walk to the decided to walk to the park. park.

AdjectiveAdjective – –beautifulbeautiful describes the describes the

noun (day). It tells what noun (day). It tells what kind of day it was.kind of day it was.

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• My teacher returned the My teacher returned the assignmentsassignments to the to the students.students.

Direct ObjectDirect Object – –AssignmentsAssignments is a noun that is a noun that receives the action of the receives the action of the verb, so that makes it a verb, so that makes it a

direct object. direct object. What did the What did the teacher return?teacher return?

AssignmentsAssignments

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• The hockey player The hockey player skillfullyskillfully skated down the skated down the ice.ice.

AdverbAdverb – –skillfullyskillfully describes the verb describes the verb (skated). It tells (skated). It tells howhow the the

hockey player skated.hockey player skated.

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• The restaurant The restaurant waswas crowded.crowded.

Linking VerbLinking Verb – –waswas connects the subject connects the subject (the restaurant) with the (the restaurant) with the

predicate (crowded). It is a predicate (crowded). It is a linking verb because it does linking verb because it does

not show action.not show action.

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• I parked my car I parked my car in the in the garagegarage..

Prepositional PhrasePrepositional Phrase – –in the garagein the garage tells tells wherewhere I I

parked the car.parked the car.

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• We bought a new We bought a new telephonetelephone because our because our old one was broken.old one was broken.

NounNoun – –telephonetelephone is a thing. is a thing. Nouns can be people, Nouns can be people,

places, things, or ideas.places, things, or ideas.

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• TheyThey came over to our came over to our house to watch the Super house to watch the Super Bowl.Bowl.

PronounPronoun – –theythey is a word that takes is a word that takes

the place of some people’s the place of some people’s names.names.

What part of speech What part of speech is the word in green?is the word in green?

• I I was eatingwas eating a sandwich a sandwich when the phone rang.when the phone rang.

Helping / Main VerbHelping / Main Verb – –waswas is the helping verb, and is the helping verb, and

eatingeating is the main verb. is the main verb.