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PARTS OF PARTS OF SPEECHSPEECH

PARTS OF PARTS OF SPEECHSPEECH

Presented by: Pir Suhail AhmedPresented by: Pir Suhail AhmedAdapted by: Mrs. YanceyAdapted by: Mrs. Yancey

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

NounsAdjectives

Pronouns Adverbs

Adverbs

ConjunctionsConjunctions

Prepositions

Ver

bsInterjectionsInterjections

A PersonA Person

An IdeaAn Idea A ThingA Thing

A PlaceA Place

A word that names

KINDS OF NOUNSKINDS OF NOUNSCommon Nouns (a general person,

place, thing, or idea)

boyGirl

Proper Nouns(a specific person, place, thing, or idea)

AliItaly

Singular Nouns (one person, place, thing, or idea)

boyGirl

Plural Nouns (more than one person, place thing or idea)

boysGirls

Singular Possessive (one person place, thing, or idea that shows possession)

boy’sgirl’s

Plural Possessive (more than one person, place, thing or

idea that shows possession)

boys’girls’

Concrete Nouns (a person, place, thing, or idea that occupies space or can be recognized by one of the five senses)

guitarhousesmoke

Abstract Nouns (a person, place, thing, or idea that

names an idea, quality, or characteristic)

happinesshumorbravery

Collective Nouns (a person, place, thing, or idea that names a group)

familyaudience

Team

KINDS OF NOUNSKINDS OF NOUNS

Indefinite Pronouns (refers to persons, places, or things in a more general way

than a noun does)anybody, one, each, all, another, any, both, few, several,

either, none, someone, many, most, much, no one

Personal Pronouns (refers to a specific person or thing)

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

them

Demonstrative Pronouns ( points out specific persons, places,

things, or ideas) this, that, these, those

PronounsThe pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. The word it

stands for is the antecedent.

Interrogative Pronouns(used to form questions)

whowhomwhatwhichwhose

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns(reflexive pronouns reflect back to a noun or pronoun while an

intensive pronoun adds emphasis)myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself,

itself, themselves

Pronouns Continued…

A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a

statement.

Every sentence must have a verb.

VerbVerbSubjectSubject PredicatePredicate

Verb

KINDS OF VERBS

Action verbs express mental or

physical action.

Transitive verbs are action verbs that are followed by words that answer the question what? or whom?

Cats see their prey in the dark.

Intransitive verbs are action verbs that is not followed by words that answer the questions what? or whom?

Cats see well.

He rode the horse to victory.

KINDS OF VERBS

Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a

word that describes or explains it.

Common Linking Verbs:am, is, are, was,were, seem, be

Other Linking Verbs:look, remain, seem,become, stay, grow,

appear, sound, taste, smell, feel

He has been sick.

KINDS OF VERBS

Verb Phrases are verbs that consist of more than one word.

Helping verbs are words that assist the main verb.

Common Helping Verbs:am, is, are, was, were,

Seem, be, has, have, had, can, could, do, does, did, may, might,

must, do, does, did, shall, should, will, would

Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

Answers these questions:

Adjective

Adjectives Continued

• Articles - The words “a,” “an,” and “the” are called articles. Articles are adjectives!

• She found a ring.• They spotted an iceberg.• He was the honorable

choice.

• Proper adjectives – These are words that are formed from proper nouns and begin with a capital letter.

• Ex. Rembrandt was a Dutch painter.

• The Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

AdverbModifies or describes a verb, an adjective,

or another adverb.Answers these questions:

• the word “not” and the contraction “n’t” are adverbs!

- ex. The plane has not landed.

Introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence as a noun.

The word or word group that the preposition introduces is its object.

Preposition

aboardaboutaboveacrossafter

against along

amongaround

atbefore

behindbelow

beneathbeside

betweenbeyond

bydown during except

for

fromin

intolikeofoffon

overpastsince

through

throughoutto

towardunder

underneathuntilup

uponwith

withinwithout

COMMON COMMON PREPOSITIONSPREPOSITIONS

COMMON COMMON PREPOSITIONSPREPOSITIONS

A word that joins words or groups of words.

and

howeverbecause

either/or neither/nor

Conjunction

but

so

if

althoughthen

thus

An exclamatory word that expresses emotion.

Interjection