Parts of Speech Review Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Melissa Gunby

Six parts of speech Noun Adjective Adverb Verb Pronoun Preposition

Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing It can function as a subject, an object or a possessive in a sentence. A proper noun is the name of something specific, like a person’s name, or a place, like a town. For example, Melissa or Roseville.

How many nouns can you find? 1 was Johnny who lived by himself 2 was a rat who jumped on his shelf 3 was a cat who chased the rat 4 was a dog who came in and sat 5 was a turtle who bit the dog's tail 6 was a monkey who brought in the mail 7 a blackbird pecked poor Johnny's nose (One was Johnny) 8 was a tiger out selling old clothes 9 was a robber who took an old shoe 10 was a puzzle - what should Johnny do (One was Johnny) He stood on a chair and said, Here's what I'll do - I'll start to Count backwards And when I am through If this house isn't empty, I'll eat All of you! 9 was the robber who left looking pale 8 was the tiger who chased him to jail 7 was the blackbird flew off to Havana 6 was the monkey who stole the banana 5 was the turtle who crawled off to bed 4 was the dog who slid home on a sled (One was Johnny) 3 was the cat who pounced on the rat 2 was the rat who left with the cat (One was Johnny, one was Johnny, One was Johnny) 1 was Johnny who lived by himself And liked it like that! (One was Johnny, one was Johnny)

Pronouns A pronoun is a word that can take a place of a noun. It can be a subject or object in a sentence. It can also be used to show possession. Young Melissa liked to (noun) read when she was (pronoun) young. She still likes to read. Her books are always dog-eared.

Adjectives Adjectives are words that modify (describe or limit) nouns or pronouns. They can be found before a noun or later in a sentence and refer back to the noun or pronoun. Young Melissa loved to read. Melissa loved to read when she was young.

Count the Adjectives Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky It had the one long horn, one big eye I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee" It looks like a purple eater to me It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater (One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater) A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater Sure looks strange to me (One eye?) Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me I heard him say in a voice so gruff I wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater Sure looks strange to me (One horn?) I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine But that's not the reason that I came to land I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater (We wear short shorts) Flyin' purple people eater Sure looks strange to me And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground He started to rock, really rockin' around It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune Sing a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater I like short shorts Flyin' little people eater Sure looks strange to me (Purple People?) And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know I saw him last night on a TV show He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' em dead Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head

Verbs Verbs tell time Verbs also give action to a sentence Verbs fall into three categories – Action verbs: what is happening and when – Linking verbs: connect subject to a description or identifier – Helping verbs: combine with another verb to make a verb phrase

What are they doing?

Adverbs Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Some adverbs are easy to recognize because they end in –ly. Common adverbs: – Manner (how) Very Quite quickly really – Frequency (how often) Always Usually sometimes – Place: Here There everywhere – Time: Yesterday Today Tomorrow

How are they doing it?

Prepositions Prepositions usually indicate place. Some common prepositions: – On – In – Off – At – Under – within Prepositional phrases are groups of words that contain a preposition and an object of the preposition. He was on the train.

Using the picture below, come up with as many prepositional phrases as you can