Honors English 9 Mrs. Ivey Parts of Speech Honors English 9 Mrs. Ivey

NOUNS Person Place Thing Idea

NOUNS Common nouns—any one of a group of person, places, things, or ideas Scientist Day City Proper nouns—particular person, place, or thing—should be capitalized Marie Curie Saturday Mobile

NOUNS Collective Nouns—word that names a group People—audience, chorus, committee, crew Animals—brood, flock, gaggle, herd Things---assortment, batch, bundle, cluster

PRONOUNS Word used to take the place of a noun or another pronoun Antecedent—word that a pronoun stands for or refers to

He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs PERSONAL PRONOUNS First Person I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours Second You, your, yours Third He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

Himself, herself, itself, themselves REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS First Person Myself, ourselves Second Yourself, yourselves Third Himself, herself, itself, themselves

PRONOUNS Other types of pronouns: Demonstrative—used to point out a specific person, place, thing, or idea Interrogative—introduces a question Relative—introduces a subordinate clause Indefinite—refers to one or more persons, places, things, or ideas that may not be specifically named (will learn these later)

ADJECTIVES Modifies (describes) a noun or a pronoun Answers… What kind? Which one? How many? Adjectives formed from proper nouns…proper adjectives…capitalized

VERBS Expresses an action or a state of being Two types of verbs Linking

VERBS Action verbs—express physical or mental action Linking verbs—connects subject to word/word group that identifies or describes the subject

VERBS Verb Phrases—at lease one main verb and one or more helping verb

ADVERBS Modifies (describes) verbs, adjectives, or another adverb Answers… Where? When? How? To what extent?

PREPOSITIONS Shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word many prepositions can also be used as adverbs…ask whether the word relates a noun or pronoun to another word

PREPOSITIONS Come together with a noun (object of the preposition) to form PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

CONJUNCTIONS Word that joins words or word groups Two types: Coordinating—joins word or word groups that are used in the same way Coorelative—pairs of conjunctions that join words or word groups that are used in the same way

Correlative Conjunctions Both…and Not only…but also Either…or Neither…nor Whether…or

INTERJECTIONS Word that expresses emotion Has not grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence Set off from by an exclamation point or comma