Parts of speech mini-lesson Ms. Stephens World Literature

Noun -a person, place, thing, idea, concept -only part of speech that can be plural -is described by an adjective or determiner (A, An, The, etc.) -comes AFTER an adjective/determiner in a sentence

Pronoun A word that replaces a noun. Example: he, she, it, we, they, them, us, me, you, I -There are no new pronouns!

Verb -words that describe action -doing words -only part of speech that can be past tense! -There are new verbs invented all the time!

Adjective -Describing words -modify (describe) nouns -come BEFORE nouns in a sentence -quite often end in “-y” and “-ish” -There are new adjectives invented all the time!

Adverb -modify verbs (meaning they come BEFORE OR AFTER verbs in a sentence; they can move around) -tell us when, where, how, in what manner, to what extent an action is performed -often end in “-ly” Example: happily, exactly, very

Preposition -shows relationship between nouns and other parts of the sentence Example: on, with, by, in, into -There are no new prepositions!

Conjunction -join words/groups of words together Example: and, or, but -FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) -There are no new conjunctions!

Herbicidal  adjective The suffix “-al” turns a noun into an adjective (e.g. bride  bridal, globe global, etc.). Generalize – “-ize” = General (adjective) The suffix “-ize” indicates that a word is a verb (e.g. special  specialize, hospital  hospitalize, etc.). Quirk + “-y” = Quirky (adjective) The suffix “-y” (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH “-LY”) indicates that a word is an adjective (e.g. jump  jumpy, balm  balmy, etc)

Examples My Mom used an ____________ in the garden to kill all the unwanted weeds. (herbicide/herbicidal) It’s not wise to ___________ groups of people before getting to know them individually. (general/generalize) I would describe Nicki Minaj’s style as _______ because it’s unique to her. (quirk/quirky)

Inarticulate  adjective The prefix “-in” is placed in front of an adjective to mean “not” (e.g. inarticulate means not articulate) The suffix “-ly” is attached to an adjective to turn it into an adverb. Inarticulate + -ly = inarticulately (adverb)

Examples The freshman class president spoke ___________ about her plans to reform the school’s dress code policy in her successful speech yesterday. In my experience, many people oppose equal pay for women are ignorant and ___________ in voicing their opinions.