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8 PARTS OF SPEECH8 PARTS OF SPEECH
bySharon Cronk-Raby
the 8 Parts of Speech:
NOUN ADVERB
PRONOUN PREPOSITION
ADJECTIVE CONJUNCTION
VERB INTERJECTION
An Overview…NOUN
A NOUN is a person, place, thing, or idea.
A COMMON NOUN is a general person, place, thing, or idea.
A PROPER NOUN is a specific person, place, thing, or idea. It is capitalized.
common noun Proper Nouncity Chicagomall Louis-Joliet Mallcar Ford Mustang
An Overview…PRONOUN
A PRONOUN replaces a noun.
Examples:
The boy went for a walk.He went for a walk.
The girl rode her bike.She rode her bike.
The teachers assigned homework.They assigned homework.
When you use a pronounin your writing,
make sure to firstuse the noun
to make it clearwho or what
you’re talking about.
An Overview…ADJECTIVE
An ADJECTIVE describesa noun or a pronoun.
Examples:blue sky
cranky babymean dog
An Overview…VERB
A VERB shows an actionor expresses a state of being.
Examples:The rain fell from the sky. (action verb)
The child skated on the ice. (action verb)I am happy. (helping verb)
23 Helping Verbs
am
is
are
was
were
be
been
being
do
does
did
would
should
could
will
shall
can
might
must
may
have
has
had
An Overview…ADVERB
An ADVERB modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Adverbs help make meaning clear by telling how, when, where, or to what extent something is true.
Adverbs often end in -ly.
Examples:carefully sometimes inside fullyquickly once here very
An Overview…PREPOSITION
A PREPOSITION is a word that relatesits objects to some other word in thesentence.
Examples:Martha moved to Washington.The ball flew over the car.The bug crawled under the rock.
An Overview…CONJUNCTION
A CONJUNCTION is a word that connectswords or groups of words.
Examples:The journey was hard and dangerous.I almost didn’t do my homework, but I
realized that was a bad idea.Should I go to the mall or the movies?
An Overview…INTERJECTION
An INTERJECTION is a single wordor short group of words that is usedto express a feeling or emotion.
Examples:Whew! That was hard.WOW! I got straight A’s on my report
card!Oh, look at that beautiful scenery.
