The Parts of Speech

1. The Parts of Speech 7th Grade ELA

2. Nouns- yellow • Carry important information in a sentence • Almost every sentence has a noun • Name a person, place, or thing

3. Verbs- orange I can ____________ • All of the words listed here show action or things you can do. • A sentence is not complete without a verb. • Don’t for get about your “be” verbs: is, am, are, was were, been, being

4. Noun Markers- red(Alsoknown as articles) • Shows that a noun is coming • There are 3: a, an, the • The teachers meet. 6. The trees grew. • Students work. 7. An egg broke. • An ant crawls. 8. The class reads. • The bell rang. 9. The dog sleeps. • A phone rings. 10. Birds chirp.

5. CompleterNouns (Direct Objects) - yellow • Tells about a person, place, or thing, but it does not tell who or what the sentence is about. • Nouns before the verb tell who or what the sentence is about. (Subject Nouns) • Nouns after the verb answer the question who or what. (Completer Nouns/ Direct Object) • Example: The cat drank the milk. (answers the question – What did the cat drink?)

6. Subject & Predicate The dog chews a bone. • The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. • The predicate tells what the subject is doing. • The subject is highlighted in yellow; the predicate is highlighted in another color.

7. Adjectives - blue • Describes or modifies a noun • It answers one of these questions: what kind? How many? Which one? What Kind? How many? Which one?

8. Adjectives - blue Examples: The cold (____________) The cold (____________) The cold (____________) The (__________) pencil The (__________) pencil The (__________) pencil

9. Proper Nouns - Yellow • Tell the name of a specific person, place, or thing • Specific names of things are proper nouns and are capitalized. Proper Noun Common Noun

10. Prepositions - Green • Show the position or relationship of one noun to another • Examples: up, down, across, under, above, in, to • A (prepositional phrase) includes a preposition, article and noun • Nouns in a prepositional phrase are called the object of the preposition.

11. Prepositions - Green The squirrel ran. • Re-write the sentence 5 times adding prepositional phrases. Example: The squirrel ran (up the tree).

12. Pronouns - Yellow • Takes the place of a noun (person, place or thing). Mrs. Jones gives the toy to John. Re-write using pronouns: She gives the toy to him. Using pronouns does NOT change the meaning of the sentence.

13. Pronouns - Yellow • Subject Pronouns take the place of subject nouns. I you You they He She It We

14. Pronouns - Yellow Write the following sentences on your paper. Tommy gave the flowers to Kim. Susan went to the mall with Karen. George and Sam went to the movie. Jamie bought a skateboard. Replace the underlined words with pronouns.

15. Prounouns - Yellow • Object pronouns come after the verb and are part of the predicate. Me you You them Him Her It Us

16. Pronouns - Yellow Write the following sentences on your paper. The boys at the cake. Tammy went to the mall with Sara. Karen got money from Suzy and Kim for her birthday. The ipad belongs to Fred. Replace the underlined words with pronouns.

17. Possessive Pronouns – blue • Function or act as an adjective that answers the question which one or whose. Her book is on the floor. (underline her in blue and draw a blue arrow to the noun book. Answers whose book it is) Their house is on the left. (underline their in blue and draw a blue arrow to house. Answers whose house it is)