Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Eight parts: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjection

2. NOUN A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract idea. Examples: boy, kitten, park, desk, death

3. Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns A proper noun is the NAME of a particular person, place or thing. A common noun is the name of any one or more than one person, place or thing. For example: school is a common noun Mercy Vocational High School is a proper noun ALL PROPER NOUNS GET CAPITALIZED!!

4. VERB A verb is an ACTION word It is what the subject of the sentences is DOING Examples: is, work, smell, do, hold,

5. Rule Every sentence must have both a noun and a verb Example: The simplest sentences is: �I am.�

6. ADJECTIVE An adjective is a word that DESCRIBES a noun. It usually come before the word that it describes Examples: beautiful, scary, mean, many, few

7. ADVERB An adverb is a word that describes a verb It usually shows HOW something is done For example: slowly, quickly, etc� It also can describe an adjective For example: He is very fast.

8. PRONOUN A pronoun can replace a specific noun to make the sentence less repetitive. Examples: he, she, I, you, we, they, it

9. Conjunction A conjunction is a word that connects two phrases in a sentence. For example: and, but, or, yet, for, nor, so because, before, since

10. Preposition A preposition is a word that links nouns or pronoun to other words in a sentence. Many times it explains distance or space Example The book was on the table.

11. about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without

12. Interjection An interjection is an exclamation that shows emotion. It is not necessary for the meaning of the sentence. Examples: Ouch! Yippee! Aw!

13. What are the parts of speech? Sally went to the shore because it was very hot on Tuesday.

14. Tonight we are going to the movies and we are really excited to see Twilight. What are the parts of speech?