PARTS OF SPEECH Words, Words, Words 1

NOUNS PERSON PLACE THING IDEA 2

PRONOUNS A WORD USED IN PLACE OF A NOUN I, YOU,SHE, HE, IT WE, YOU, THEY 3

BE CAREFUL...DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRONOUNS! COMMON (I, ME, MY, HER, SHE, HE, HIS) RELATIVE (WHO, WHOSE, WHICH, WHAT, THAT) DEMONSTRATIVE (THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE) INTERROGATIVE (WHO, WHOSE, WHOM) INTENSIVE AND REFLEXIVE (MYSELF, HERSELF) INDEFINITE (ALL, ANY, NO ONE, SOMEBODY)

VERBS Action or Linking?

ACTION VERBS SHOWS ACTION MOVEMENT, FEELING, DOING FOR THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE

LINKING VERBS LINKS SUBJECT TO NOUN OR AN ADJECTIVE IN THE PREDICATE PART OF THE SENTENCE IS, ARE, WAS ,WERE,AM, BEEN SMELL, LOOK, TASTE, REMAIN, FEEL, APPEAR, SOUND, SEEM, BECOME, GROW, STAND, TURN

PRACTICE! ACTION OR LINKING? The family celebrated Thanksgiving at Uncle Fred’s house. His house is large enough for us all. He appeared tired. However, Fred greeted everyone with enthusiasm and warmth. The turkey and potatoes smelled wonderful. Everyone became impatient. Many researchers study global warming. Our community recycles glass, newspaper, and aluminum. Connie opened the big umbrella. The king and queen were quite argumentative. I felt sick when I heard the news.

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBES A NOUN OR PRONOUN BEAUTIFUL sunset

PREDICATE ADJECTIVES A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject of a sentence. (Forms of be are linking verbs...remember? Other linking verbs are taste, look, feel, smell, appear...you get the idea?) The air feels warm today. Warm is the predicate adjective because it describes air.

PRACTICE! IDENTIFY THE PREDICATE ADJECTIVE AND THE WORD IT MODIFIES, OR DESCRIBES. The flowers smell unusually sweet. Sharon feels happy outside. How beautiful is the day! The surgeon was skillful in the operating room and he saved her life. Her horse appears ready to run the race. Its coat appears gray in the shade, but it becomes silver in the sun. Horses like that are unusual and special. She is fearless when she jumps the fence.

ADVERBS DESCRIBES VERB, ADJECTIVE, ANOTHER ADVERB SHINING BRIGHTLY

ADVERBS DON’T ALWAYS END IN “LY” ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ADVERBS TELL HOW, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, HOW OFTEN, HOW, AND HOW MUCH “TIME” WORDS REMEMBER: DESCRIBE THE VERB

PREPOSITIONS RELATES A NOUN OR PRONOUN TO ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE IN FRONT OF the cow

“ANYWHERE A MOUSE CAN GO” A PREPOSITION IS A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS THAT SHOW A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ITS OBJECT AND ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE. The boy placed the book on the table.

WORD OR PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS STRONG EMOTION OR SURPRISE INTERJECTIONS! WORD OR PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS STRONG EMOTION OR SURPRISE YIKES!

CONJUNCTIONS CONNECTS WORDS OR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OF WORDS WATER AND ROCKS CONNECTS WORDS OR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OF WORDS AND, BUT, OR, NOR,FOR, SO, YET EITHER OR NEITHER NOR

More help from a few friends Tim and Moby ( also check out their videos on each part of speech) Schoolhouse Rocks Mr. Folkes (This fellow is WAY COOL!) A student's Powtoon What about you? Check your notes...ask questions...discuss with a partner. :)