Grammar Guru Training: Eight Basic Parts of Speech.
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Transcript of Grammar Guru Training: Eight Basic Parts of Speech.
Grammar Guru Training:
Eight Basic Parts of Speech
• Nouns• Verbs• Pronouns• Adjectives
• Adverbs • Prepositions• Conjunctions• Interjections
The Eight Parts of Speech:
NounsA noun is the name of a person, place,
thing or idea:Mr. Ditson
classroom pens
happiness
Grammar Guru Mission:Write one noun on your paper and label
it “noun”.
Grammar Guru Mission:
To the left of your noun, write a word that describes it.
These words are ADJECTIVES.
AdjectivesAdjectives modify or limit the meaning of a
noun or pronoun. An adjective tells what kind, which one, how many or how much.What Kind? Which One? How Many? How Much?
famous song this star three friends some music
green light these words several years less energy
Guru Mission: Look at your noun/adjective pair. Give them something to do. Write the word for what they are doing to the right of the noun.
These words are Verbs
A verb expresses a physical or mental action or a state of being:
marches expects passed protested
was debated pushed is are being
look feel appear becomeremain
Grammar Guru Mission:
List how your words do something.
Example: expert ninjas write quietly.
These words are Adverbs.
Adverbs modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
The orchestra waited until the auditorium grew completely quiet.
(The adverb completely modifies the adjective quiet.)
Adverbs can be catalogued in four basic ways: time, place, manner and degree.
Time: Tell when, how often, and how long today, yesterday, daily, weekly, briefly, eternally
Place: Tell where, to where, and from where here, there, nearby, yonder, backward, forward
Manner: Tell how something is done precisely, regularly, smoothly, well
Degree: Tell how much or how little substantially, greatly, entirely, partly, too
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun:
I me we us you he him she her
they them mine hers his theirs
its yours my herself myself
Grammar Guru mission:
Identify the pronoun that matches your noun.
Example: Ninjas write quietly. Pronoun = They.
Prepositions
Prepositions show the relationship between the nouns or pronoun and another word in the same sentence:
Expert ninjas write quietly in the classroom.
”In" is a preposition that implies a relationship:
Where to they write? In the classroom.
Conjunctions
A conjunction connects words or groups of words:
and but for nor or so yet
after although as because
before until when whereas while
Look at the teacher and students. They are writing quietly in the classroom.
Interjections
An interjection is a word or phrase used to express emotion. A strong interjection is followed by an exclamation point. A mild interjection is often set off by commas:
Yikes! Our project is due tomorrow.
Well, where should we start?
Grammar Guru Mission:
Add a sentence to your word grouping. Use an interjection, the pronoun you identified and a conjunction.
Look at the teacher and students. Wow!
They are writing quietly in the classroom.
Something is missing….
What about these words?
a an the
These are called articles. Only these three words are articles.