The Eight Parts of Speech English 10
Nouns Nouns are words that name persons, places, things, or ideas. Types of Nouns: Abstract Concrete Proper Common Collective Compound
Pronouns Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun or another pronoun. Types of Pronouns: Personal Indefinite Demonstrative Relative Interrogative Reflexive and Intensive
Verbs Verbs are words that express an action or a state of being. Types of Verbs: Action Linking Helping
Adjectives Adjectives are modifiers. They give information about the nouns and pronouns they modify. Types of adjectives: Articles (a, an, the) Proper Predicate
Adverbs Adverbs modify, or tell more about, verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by answering when, where, and how questions. (LY) Types of Adverbs: Intensifiers (to what extent or how much)
Prepositions Prepositions connect a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence to form a prepositional phrase. (anywhere a mouse can go)
Conjunctions and Interjections Conjunctions join words or groups of words that are equal in importance. Types of Conjunctions: Coordinating Correlative Subordinating Interjections express mild or strong emotion. (Set off by a comma or exclamation point.)
Parts of speech practice Purple Writing Book: Pages 512-513 (Handout) Exercise A 1-10 Exercise B 11-20
Parts of Speech Task Rotation You will have 10-15 minutes to complete the task at each station. Please write on your own paper. Each station will focus on practice with a different part of speech. Each group member will complete their own copy of the task.
Station 1: Nouns Page 514 Exercise 1 You should have 25 nouns total. Write the noun only.
Station 2: Pronouns Page: 518 Exercise 3 You should have 25 pronouns total. Write the pronoun only.
Station 3: adjectives Pages: 519-520 Exercise 4 Write the adjective and the word that it modifies.
Station 4: verbs Page: 528 Exercise 9 Write the verbs and verb phrases. Don’t forget to include the helping verbs.
Station 5: Adverbs Page: 529 Exercise 10 Write the adverbs and the verb they modify.
Station 6: Prepositions Page: 535 Exercise 15 Write two sentence for each preposition.
Station 7: Conjunctions Page: 537 Exercise 16 Write the conjunctions in each sentence.
Station 8: Interjections Page: 538 Exercise 17 Use at least 5 interjections.