The 8 Parts of Speech

NOUN

VERBADJECT

IVES

ADVERBS

PRPOSITIO

NS

CONJUNCTIONS

INTERJECTIONSPRONOUNS

NOUNS• Nouns name persons, places, things, or concepts– pilot– house– toy– happiness

• Proper name specific persons, places things, or concepts– Bill– Iowa– Supreme Court– Buddhism

• Collective nouns name groups– Team– Flock– Jury

Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of noun.

1. Emily brought the _______ with her to

school. (Noun)

2. Jose hopes to visit _________ one day.

(Proper Noun)

3. I saw a _______ on television today.

(Collective Noun)

VERBS

• Verbs move the meaning of a sentence by:– Showing action (run, gaze, understand)– Showing occurrence (become, happen)– Showing a state of being (be, seem)

**Auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) combine with other verbs to create verb phrases

o Include forms of be, do, and haveo Also include can, could, may, must, shall, should, will,

and would

Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of verb.

1. I ________ to the event. (Verb that shows

action)

2. The party ________ last weekend. (Verb that

shows occurrence)

3. She _______ very happy. (Verb that shows

being)

4. I _______ do my homework tonight. (Auxiliary)

PRONOUNS• Pronouns function as nouns in sentences and often

take the place of nouns. – Personal Pronouns: refer to specific persons or things.• I, you, he, she, it, we, they

– Indefinite Pronouns: Do not refer to specific nouns• All, some, any, none, somebody, anything

– Possessive Pronouns: indicate ownership.• My, mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, etc.

• The noun that a pronoun refers to or replaces is called an antecedent. – Tom said he wasn’t at the part.

Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of pronoun.

1. ________ likes peanut butter a lot. (Personal)

2. ________of you may want to listen.

(Indefinite)

3. _______ house is amazing! (Possessive)

ADJECTIVES

• Adjective modify (limit the meaning of) nouns and pronouns, usually by:– Describing (The red Corvette ran off the slippery

road.)– Identifying (That Corvette is totaled.)– Quantifying (We saw many more Corvettes that

day.)

– Articles are also considered modifiers (the, a, an)

Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of adjective.

1. That was a very ________ baby. (Describing)

2. ______ day will forever by remembered as

the day I ran over the mailbox.

3. I have seen _______ aliens in my lifetime.

ADVERBS

• Adverbs modify:

– Verbs: I recently lost my job.

– Adjectives: It was an extremely confusing movie.

– Other adverbs: They very nearly captured the flag.

Practice: Complete the sentences below with the correct types of adverb.

1. I __________ hate alfalfa sprouts. (modifies verbs)

2. What a _________ adorable house that is!

(modifies adjectives)

3. She __________ positively vexes me! (modifies

adverbs)

PREPOSITIONS

• Structural words that express relationships in:

– Space (down, up, over)

– Time (before, after, until)

– Other senses (against, except)

Practice: Complete the sentences below with a preposition.

1. When searching for your keys, you should

always look _______ the couch.

2. I like to workout _________ I eat a good meal.

3. Don’t run ________ me!

CONJUNCTIONS

Conjunctions connect words or groups of words to each other. Let’s start with one…

1. Coordinating Conjunctions-Join equal structures (and, but, or, yet, nor for, so)

FANBOYS!

EX: The boys ate two pies, and they loved both.

Practice: Complete the sentences below with a coordinating conjunction.

1. I went to the movies _____ I went to the mall.

2. A huge ________ docile dog approached us.

INTERJECTIONS

• Interjections express surprise or emotion: oh, ouch, ah, hey, yes, hurray, etc.

Practice: Complete the sentences below with an interjection.

1. ______! I aced my quiz.

2. ______! It’s a leprechaun.

PRACTICE MADLIBSThe _______ was preparing for his dive into the noun-person

_______. Before he jumped _______ the boat, noun-place preposition

he always _________ his wife. ____ was alwaysaction verb Personal pronoun

very _______about his diving, ______ she will be adjective conjunction

________ happy the day he ____________. Adverb action verb