Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Chloe Cadarette JasminFarfan(: Alex Martinez October 14, 2010 English Honors Period 3

2. Nouns • Person, place, thing, or idea. • EX: Teacher, school, book, mood.

3. Common vs. Proper Nouns • A common noun is the names of anyone of a group of people, places, things, or ideas. • EX: Teacher, school, town. • A proper noun is a name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. • EX: Mrs. Bohac, West Valley, Hemet.

4. Concrete vs. Abstract Nouns • A concrete noun is a name of a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses. • EX: Cloud, ivy, thunder, Chloe. • An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a character. • EX: Beauty, kindness, sadness, Catholicism.

5. Pronouns • A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. • EX: She, they, he, her, him.

6. Antecedents • The noun a pronoun is replacing. • EX: My dog loves her toys.

7. Personal Pronouns • A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about. • EX: Me, my, mine, you, yours, he, him, his.

8. Demonstrative Pronouns • A demonstrative pronoun points out a specific person, place, thing, or idea. • EX: This, that, these, those. Interrogative Pronouns • An interrogative pronoun introduces a question. • EX: Who, whom, which, what, whose.

9. Adjectives • Adjectives are words that are used to describe a noun. • EX: It’s a fast car.

10. Demonstrative Adjectives • Demonstrative adjectives points out a specific adjective. • EX: This apple was picked from that tree.

11. Pronouns vs. Adjectives • A pronoun takes the place of a noun, while an adjective describes a noun.

12. Articles • An article refers to any member of a general group. • EX: A, an, the.

13. Verbs • A verb is a word that is used to express an action, or state of being. • EX: Jump, work, play, are, is

14. Helping Verbs • All the forms of the verb be. • EX: Is, am, are, was, were, be being, been, has, have, had, do, does, did, may, might, must, can, could, will, would, shall, should.

15. Action Verbs vs. Non-Action Verbs • Action Verbs can be a physical or mental action. • EX: Climb, write, consider, remember. • Non-Action Verbs are verbs that express no action. • EX: Are, was, is, were.

16. Adverbs • An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. • EX: Where, when, how long, how

17. Adverbs Modifying Verbs • Ask where, when, how, or to what extent. • EX: Can we go over there? Tomorrow, we will go to the park. Drive carefully. They partially filled the gas tank.

18. Adverbs Modifying Adjectives • EX: The performance was quitegood today. *In this sentence, quite is modifying good.

19. Adverbs Modifying Adverbs • EX: We will meet earlytomorrow. *In this sentence, early is modifying tomorrow.

20. Prepositions • A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun, or a pronoun, to another word.

21. Commonly Used Prepositions • EX: Aboard, below, from, since, about, beneath, in, through, above, beside, inside, throughout, across, into, till, after, between, like, to, against, beyond, near, toward, along, of, under, amid, off, underneath, among, by, on, until, around, concerning, onto, up, as, down, out, upon, at, during, outside, with, before, except, over, within, behind, for, past, without, besides, but

22. Compound Prepositions • EX: According to, prior of, in front of, as of

23. Conjunctions • Word or words that join word or word groups.

24. Coordinating Conjunctions • A coordinating conjunction joins words or word groups that are used in a same way. • EX: And, or, but, nor, yet, so, for

25. Correlative Conjunctions • A correlative conjunction are pairs of conjunctions that join word or word groups that are used in the same way. • EX: Both…And, Neither…Nor, Whether…Or, Not Only…But Also, Either…Or

26. Interjections • An interjection is a word that expresses emotion. • EX: Huzzah! Wow! Whoa! Yikes! Yippy! Yahoo! Yay!