The Eight Parts of Speech

What are the 8 parts of speech? 1.Nouns 2.Pronouns 3.Adjectives 4.Verbs 5.Adverbs 6.Conjunctions 7.Prepositions 8.Interjections

Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. EX: The bakery has fresh baked goods. EX: The dog was happy to see me. EX: Phil Mickelson is a pro golfer. EX: Love is a beautiful thing

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Types of Nouns Common Noun – A noun that does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. house – EX: The house across the street is vacant. Proper Noun – A noun that does name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. New York City – EX: New York City is exciting.

Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. The noun a pronoun replaces is called an antecedent. EX: I, me, my, you, your, he, she, it, us, we, they, them, his, her, their, mine, our, myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves, who, whose, whom, anybody, anyone, everybody, nobody, someone, somebody.

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Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one. EX: sour limes- green shirt -

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Verbs A verb is a word that shows the action, feeling, or state of being in a sentence. Read Paint Run

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Adverbs An adverb describes how the action is performed. They tell how much, how often, when and where something is done. The dolphin jumped quickly from the water. The man sat alone.

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Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words together. Some examples of conjunctions are: and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet, although, either, and also We ate pizza and drank soda for dinner.

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Prepositions A preposition is a word that shows position or direction. Some examples of prepositions are in, out, under, over, after, out, into, up, down, far, and between. EX: She worked at her desk. EX: The sun was in the sky.

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Interjections An interjection is a word that shows strong emotion. Some examples are Interjections can really liven up a sentence and help to add voice to your writing.

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Now Let’s Review 1.A person, place, thing or idea is a ___. 2.A word that shows action is a ____. 3.A word that connects a word or group of words is a _____. 4.A word that shows emotion in a sentence is a ______. 5. A word that describes a noun or pronoun and tells how many, which kind, which one is an ____. 6. A word that describes a verb is an ______. 7. A word that takes the place of a noun is a ____. 8. A word that shows position or directions is a ____.

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