PARTS OF SPEECH

Nouns - VerbsPronouns - Adjectives -Adverbs

Prepositions - Conjunctions Articles - Interjections

Transition WordsBilly

Parts of Speech

“Words, which are the building blocks of language. . .” (Warriner’s p. 35*) are explained in this Power Point Presentation. Examples are given to explain the use of different words.

*Warriner, John E., Graham, Sheila Laws, Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition, 1st course, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ,NY, 1977

NOUNS

Nouns name persons, places, things or ideas.

Example:

1. Explain nutrition issues

2. Dietitians and nutritionists do similar tasks

VERBS

Verbs are a part of speech that:1. Show action (example: to run).

2. State something (example: to be).

3. Show condition (example: It seems.).

4. Most verbs change their form to show time (ex: run/ran).

5. Others change to show number. (Ex.: One woman was there. More were not).

PRONOUNStake the place of nouns. They are

replacement words. Referring to persons or nouns: I, my, mine, me, myself You, your, yours, yourself, yourselves He, his, him, himself She, hers, her, herself It, its itself We, our, ours, us, ourselves They, their, theirs, them, themselves Who, whose, whom, whoever,

whomever Everybody, anybody, somebody Everyone, anyone, someone None, no one, no body

Referring to nouns: This, one, each, some, any, all That, either, neither, many, more, much,

most These, other, another, what, which Those, both, several, few, whatever,

whichever

Adjectivesmodify nouns or pronouns

Adjectives (adj.) modify, make clear or limit the meaning of other words.

Descriptive adj. usually answer the question “What kind?’ Limiting adj. usually answer the question “How many?” Use a comma to separate a series or groups of adj.

Example:

The big, black, old horse trotted down the trail.

Adverbs

Adverbs tell How?, When?, Where?, How much?

Words ending in ‘-ly’ are usually adverbs.

Example:

The fox ran quickly into the woods.

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Preposition

A preposition begins phrases that show relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words.

Commonly used prepositions: see next page for examples.

PrepositionsCommonly used prepositions

Aboard behind About below Above beneath Across beside After between Against beyond

Along but (except) Amid by Among down Around during At except Before for

From throughout In to Into toward Like under Near underneath Of until Off unto On up Over upon Past with Since within Through without

Conjunction

Conjunctions connect words, phrases or clauses.

Some conjunctions are and, but, either, or, neither, nor.

Example: They’re planning and building a house.

Article

There are definite and indefinite articles. Definite articles are ‘a, an.’ The indefinite article is ‘the.’

Interjection

An interjection expresses strong feelings! Example: Oh, look!

Transition Words

These are words that connect, change and transition ideas.

See the next slides for some transition words.

Transition Words

To add: And, again, and then, besides, equally

important, finally, further, furthermore, nor, too, next, lastly, what’s more, moreover, in addition, first (second, etc.)

Transition Words

To compare: Whereas, but, yet, on the other hand,

however, nevertheless, on the contrary, by comparison, compared to, up against, balanced against, vis-à-vis, although, conversely, meanwhile, after all, in contrast, although this may be true

Transition Words

To prove: Because, for, since, for the same reason,

obviously, evidently, furthermore, moreover, besides, indeed, in fact, in addition, in any case, that is

Transition Words

To show exception: Yet, still, however, nevertheless, in spite of,

despite, of course, once in a while, sometimes

Transition Words

To show time: Immediately, thereafter, soon, after a few

hours, finally, then, later, previously, formerly, first (second, etc.), next, and then

Transition Words

To repeat: In brief, as I have said, as I have noted, as

has been noted

Transition Words

To emphasize: Definitely, extremely, obviously, in fact,

indeed, in any case, absolutely, positive, naturally, surprisingly, always, forever, perennially, eternally, never, emphatically, unquestionably, without a doubt, certainly, undeniably, with reservation

Transition Words

To show sequence: First, second, third, and so forth, A, B, C,

next, then, following this, at this time, now, at this point, after, afterward, subsequently, finally, consequently, previously, before this, simultaneously, concurrently, thus, therefore, hence, next and then, soon

Parts of Speech

Each ‘Part of Speech’ is important to all parts of English—our speaking, listening, reading and writing!

Enjoy!

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