Latrista Johnson Parts of Speech Tutorial

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Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Person- brother, sister, teacher, Samantha Place-school, kitchen, Tennessee Thing-sock, tree, apple, hand Idea-love, 2012, honor, pride

Practice: Nouns Choose the noun(s) in the following sentences. Example- The cat ran into the house. nouns: cat, house 1. The jury has reached a verdict. 2. The cast includes a policeman. Answers 1. jury, verdict 2. cast, policeman

Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun. SingularPlural First personI, me, my, mine, myself,we, us, our, our, ourselves Second personyou, your, yours, yourselfyou, your, yours, yourselves Third personhe, him, she, her, it, his, hers, its, himself, herself, itself they, them, their, theirs, themselves Demonstrativethis, thatthese, those

Practice: Pronouns Choose the pronoun(s) in the following sentences. Example- Susan returned the book to her. pronoun- her 1. They told her the good news. 2. He left the shoes on the porch. Answers 1. they, her 2. he

Verbs A verb is a word that shows actions or a state of being and is a necessary part of a sentence. DefinitionExamples Action verbtells what someone or something does study, walk, run, hold, Linking verblinks the subject of a sentence with a word or expression that describes the subject is, are, was, were, will be, has been, was being Auxiliary (helping) verbwords that accompany the main verb am, is, are, has, have, had, can, could, shall, should, would

Practice: Verbs Choose the verb or verb phrase in the following sentences. Example- we spoke on the phone yesterday. verb- spoke 1. She is going to the school dance. 2. The package was delivered earlier. Answers 1. is going 2. was delivered

Adjectives An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun. Examples: quiet music, red hat Quiet describes music Red describes hat

Practice: Adjectives Choose the adjective(s) in the following sentences. Example- The Japanese restaurant served three courses. Adjective(s)- Japanese, three 1. Sunlight makes the leaves green. 2. The temporary agency sent a recent graduate to fill the position. Answers 1. green 2. temporary, recent

Adverbs An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by making its meaning more specific. Adverbs tell when, where, how, and to what degree My uncle paid me a visit yesterday. Many birds fly south for the winter. The judge ruled fairly. You have been exceedingly kind.

Practice: Adverb Choose the adverb(s) in the following sentences. Example- The employees arrived earlier than everyone else. adverb- earlier 1. America’s interest in outer space has never ceased. 2. The waiter carefully served the food. Answers 1. never 2. carefully

Prepositions A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence. Commonly Used PrepositionsCompound Prepositions aboard, about, across, after, before, behind, below, beside, between, beyond, concerning, despite, down, except, for, from, in, inside, like, near, of, onto, opposite, out, past, pending, regarding, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, with, within, without according to, ahead of, along with, apart from, aside from, as to, because of, by means of, in addition to, in front of, in spite of, instead of, next to, on account of, on top of, out of, owing to

Practice: Prepositions Choose the preposition(s) in the following sentences. Example- The kites soared above the clouds. preposition- above 1. She parked between the blue cars. 2. The bird sat on the sill outside my window. Answers 1. between 2. outside

Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that joins single words or groups of words. Type of ConjunctionExamples Coordinating Conjunctionsand, but, or, nor, for, yet, so Correlative Conjunctionsboth…and, either…or, just as…so, neither…nor, not only…but(also), whether…or Subordinating Conjunctions after, although, as, as far as, as if, as long as, as soon as, as though, because, before, considering (that), if, inasmuch as, in order that, provided (that), since, so long as, so that, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, while

Practice: Conjunctions Choose the conjunction(s) in the following sentences. Example- The door was open, yet nobody was home. conjunction- yet 1. Neither you nor I should talk. 2. Whenever he gets back, we will go to the park. Answers 1. neither, nor 2. whenever

Interjections An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation. An interjection has no grammatical connection to other words. Interjections aha, ahem, ahh, ahoy, alas, arg, aw, bingo, blah, boo, bravo, brrr, cheers, congratulations, dang, drat, darn, duh, eek, eh, encore, gee, goodbye, hey, hmm, huh?, humph, hoorray, oh, oh my, oh well, oops, ouch, ow, phew, sh, thanks, uh-huh, uh-oh, ugh, well, whew, whoa, whoops, wow Y: yeah, yes, yikes, yippee, yo, yuck

Practice: Interjections Choose the interjection(s) in the following sentences. Example- Oops! I am sorry I forgot your gift. interjection- oops 1. Sh! The music might wake the baby. 2. Ouch! You stepped on my foot. Answers 1. Sh 2. Ouch

Assessment Test your knowledge of the Parts of Speech by completing the following online assessments. Assessment 1 Assessment 2