Parts of Speech It is important to understand that every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role in the sentence.

Parts of Speech FOLDABLE! This foldable will help you learn the parts of speech and their jobs. Take out one piece of notebook paper with the holes intact and follow the instructions so you have a neat foldable that you can use to study. http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/03/30/funny-pictures-origami-gone-wrong/ http://www.google.com/imgres?q=vocabulary+foldable&hl

Foldable Instructions Fold your piece of notebook paper hotdog style to the red line, so that the margin with holes is on your left. Now fold the paper in half hamburger style. Crease it well. Fold in half hamburger style again. Crease well. Fold in half (in the same direction) one more time so when you open it you have eight sections on each side of your paper.

5. Place one hand between the folded hot dog and cut the creases on the right side only. When you are finished, you should have eight flaps that fold out to the right.

Top flap: Parts of Speech 2nd flap: verb 3rd flap: noun Close all the flaps so you can write the part of speech on the outside of the right flaps as they are shown here. Top flap: Parts of Speech 2nd flap: verb 3rd flap: noun 4th flap: pronoun 5th flap: adjective 6th flap: adverb 7th flap: conjunction 8th flap: preposition Parts of Speech verb noun pronoun adjective adverb conjunction preposition

Now write the definition of each part of speech on the left side of your foldable and the example on the inside of the right flap as the definitions and examples appear on the next slides. PLEASE copy the definitions and examples exactly as they appear. DO not try to come up with your own examples. (In each example, underline the word that is the part of speech you have just defined.) Shows action or state of being Action: Ms. Stewart fished all summer. State of being: Ms. Carter is happy. Person, place, thing, quality or idea Person: Ms. Morgan sponsors NJHS. Place: I attend Kealing Middle School. Thing: Ms. Neill likes cameras. Quality: Honesty is the best policy. pronoun adjective adverb conjunction preposition

Parts of Speech The job that a word serves in a sentence determines which part of speech it is in that context. Some words may be one part of speech in one sentence, and another part of speech in another sentence.

Parts of Speech Today, we will review the common definitions for the eight parts of speech. We will also look at examples of each part of speech in the context of sentences.

Verb: A word that states an action or state of being Action: Ms. Stewart fished all summer. State of being: Ms. Carter is happy.

Noun: A person, place, thing, quality or idea Person: Ms. Morgan sponsors NJHS. (This is a proper noun. Proper nouns are always capitalized.) Place: I attend Kealing Middle School. (This is also a proper noun. Proper nouns are always capitalized.) Thing: Ms. Neill likes cameras. Quality: Honesty is the best policy.

Pronoun: A word that takes the place of a noun Ms. Morgan sponsors NJHS. (Remember, Ms. Morgan is a proper noun.) She sponsors NJHS. (“She” is the pronoun that replaces the noun.) The subject pronouns are: she, he, they, it and we.

Adjective: A word that describes a noun The brilliant students balanced the national budget. The strange stretches in yoga made us look like pretzels.

Adverb: A word that describes a verb (or an adjective or another adverb) Often answers questions: When? Where? How? Why? Sixth graders worked happily on their grammar. The puppies hungrily ate the food.

Conjunction: A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses Hannah and Alex love to cook. Please study Greek, or study Latin. I am happy because my students are respectful. It’s been cloudy since morning.

Common conjunctions JUST FYI (You don’t need to write this on your foldable.) FANBOYS For And Nor But Or Yet So

Preposition: A connecting word that shows the relation of a noun or pronoun (often spatial) to another word or phrase The cat was on the table. The dog was under the table. These are some common prepositions: on to up for at under above toward with between in behind from upon into off

Interjection: A word that shows strong emotion (expressive word) (NOTE: There is not a flap for this on your foldable.) Wow, Mr. Natenberg threw that Frisbee so far! Oh, you really should finish your homework on your own. Ouch, why did you drop that piano on my toe? Ah, now I understand the problem.