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Identifying Parts of Speech & their
FunctionsNouns, Pronouns, Verbs,
Prepositions, Adjectives, & Adverbs; Subjects & Objects
What is the subject?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• girl – this word tells who performed the action of waiting
Is the subject a noun or pronoun?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• noun– it is a word for a person
What part of speech is young?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• adjective – this word describes the noun “girl”.
What is the verb?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• waited – this word tells what action the girl did.
What part of speech is quietly?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• adverb – this word tells how the girl waited
What part of speech is for?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• preposition
What is the prepositional object?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• mother– this word tells for whom the young girl waited
Does the verb “waited” have a direct object?
• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• no– there is no noun or pronoun directly receiving the action of waited
What is the subject?
• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• He– this word tells who is doing the action of studying
Is the subject a noun or pronoun?
• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• pronoun– “he” substitutes for a word that names a person, such as “Tom” or the “man”.
What part of speech is carefully?
• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• adverb – the word tells how he is studying.
What is the verb?
• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• is studying – these words tell what action he did. The verb has 2 parts. “is” is the auxiliary or helping verb, and “studying” is the main verb.
What part of speech is important?
• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• adjective – this word describes the noun “grammar”
Does the verb “is studying” have a direct object?
• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.
• yes– studying what?• What is the direct object in the
sentence above?• grammar – “grammar” is the
object of the verb or direct object
What is the prepositional object?
• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• book– this word tells in what he is studying grammar. “in” is a preposition.