The Eight Parts of Speech Complete

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THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH


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NOUNS

* are name persons, places, things, or ideas

Kinds:

(1) PROPER NOUNS

- begin with a capital letter

- they have a specific name or title and refer to aparticular person, place, thing, or idea.

(2) COMMON NOUNS- do not begin with capital letters because they areless specific


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(3) CONCRETE NOUNS

- can be touched

(4) ABSTRACT NOUNS

- cannot be touched

- nonetheless, still nouns because they

name entities


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PRONOUNS

* take the place of a noun

Kinds:

(1) Personal

I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, they, and them.

(2)Possessive pronouns are:

my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their,and theirs.

no apostrophes used with possessive personal pronouns

This includes "its." "Success is its own reward."It's" stands for the contraction that represents "It is." "It's"is never possessive.


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(3) INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

anybody, anyone, each, either, none, someone,somebody, both, everyone, no one, neither, many,

few, several, and one

Notice that some indefinite pronouns are singular,

some are plural, and some may be used as bothsingular and plural.

(4) INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

ask questions: who, whom, what, which, and whose

(5) DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

this, that, these, and those


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ADJECTIVES

Modify noun and pronouns

WHAT KIND of noun is it?

WHICH noun is it?

HOW MANY of that noun are there?

"The," "a," and "an" are called articles.

Articles are always adjectives. They always modify

nouns.


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VERB

word that expresses action, makes a statement, or

shows a link between word relationships

can be action or linking

action verbs demonstrate "action."Linking verbs make statements OR they express

links and relationships


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am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has been,have been, had been, will be, shall be, may be,would have been, should have been, can be,should be, would be (any combination that ENDS

with be or been.) seem, and become

Verbs of the senses: taste, feel, smell, sound,look, appear, grow, remain, and stay


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ADVERBS

Modify verbs, adjectives, and another adverb

Adverbs answer these questions:

WHERE? Here, there, away, up

WHEN? Now, then, later, soon, yesterday

HOW? Easily, quietly, slowly, quickly

HOW OFTEN? Never, always, often, seldom

TO WHAT EXTENT? Very, almost, too, so, really


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PREPOSITION

show relationships between nouns or

pronouns and other words in a sentence

Commonly used prepositions are: aboard,

about, above, across, after, against, along,among, around, at, before, behind, below,

beneath, beside, between, beyond, by,

down, during, except, for, from, in, into,

like, of, off, on, over, past, since, through,

throughout, to, toward, under, underneath,

until, up, upon, with, within, and without


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TO plus NOUN = PREP PHRASE

To the gym

TO plus VERB = INFINITIVE PHRASE

To sleep


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CONJUNCTIONS

words that join words or groups of words

THE TWO MAIN TYPES OF CONJUCTIONS:

(1) coordinating conjunctions

(FANBOYS)

These conjunctions connect words,

phrases, and clauses of equal value ofequal importance

TYPES OF CLAUSES


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(2) subordinating conjunctions

introduce dependent clauses

although, because, as, while, until,whether, since, after, so that, when,

before, and if.

TYPES OF SENTENCES

ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE


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INTERJECTION

exclamatory words that express

strong emotion

have no other grammaticalconnection with or relationship to the

rest of the sentence

may be followed by either commas or

exclamation points


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INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

A clause that could stand on its own

DEPENDENT CLAUSE

A clause that could not stand alone

as a single sentence


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SIMPLE SENTENCE

Composed of one independent

clause

COMPOUND SENTENCE

Composed of two independent

clauses


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COMPLEX SENTENCE

Composed of one independentclause and one or more dependentclauses

COMPOUND-COMPLEXSENTENCE

Composed of two independent

clauses and two or more dependentclauses


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EXERCISE:

Identify the part of speech of each underlined word.

When and Where did Fans First Originate?

(1)From (2)historians we learn that theChinese used fans as early as 3000 B.C. It(3)is also known that (4)the rulers of Egyptwere (5)efficiently cooled by (6)palm fans.Serving an important (7)function in early(8)religious ceremonies, fans (9)brushedflies (10)away from sacred vessels.


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By 700 A.D., the (11)Japanese invented(12)folding fans (13)and added bright

colors to (14)them; (15)however, it is thePortuguese (16)whom we can thank forintroducing fans to Europe (17)in the1500s. So popular were (18)they that

(19)many of the men (20)during the reignof Louis XV carried them. Artist of the1800s painted on fans, and the (21)worksof great masters grace the folds of somefans. (22)Alas fans are used (23)todayprimarily as (24)wallhangings, seldom aspart (25)ofour attire.


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PREPOSITION


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NOUN


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VERB (LINKING)


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ADJECTIVE (ARTICLE)


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ADVERB


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ADJECTIVE (NOUN MODIFIER)


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NOUN


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ADJECTIVE


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VERB (ACTION)


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ADVERB


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NOUN


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ADJECTIVE (NOUN MODIFIER)


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CONJUNCTION


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PRONOUN


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CONJUNCTION


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PRONOUN (RELATIVE)


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PREPOSITION


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PRONOUN


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PRONOUN (INDEFINITE)


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PREPOSITION


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NOUN


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INTERJECTION


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ADVERB


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NOUN


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PREPOSITION


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