Parts of Speech Cont’d Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

Action Verbs Action verb- a word that shows what the noun or pronoun is doing in the sentence – physical and/or mental action Examples: jump, sing, laugh, think, imagine – The rabbit jumped five feet in the air! – Lucy sings in the car on the way to school. – Imagine a world with chocolate rivers.

Action Verbs cont’d Tip for finding verbs: – Verbs can be in the present, past, or future tenses – Example: Walk (regular verb) Walk, walked, walking – Example: sing (irregular verb) Sing, sang, sung

Linking Verbs A link connects two things Linking verbs- connect the subject (usually a noun) to describing words – Examples: is, was, are, appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn – Mrs. Kehoe is my teacher. Linking verb: is Subject: Mrs. Kehoe Describing word: teacher – Jenna looked tan today. Linking verb: looked Subject: Jenna Describing word: tan

You Try…Find the verbs 1.Brendan showed me the way to the park. 1.Showed-action verb 2.That tree appears rotted. 2. appears-linking verb 3.Red team teacher, Mrs. Anaclerio, returns next week. 3. returns-action verb 4.Is that your sweatshirt? 4. is-linking verb 5.Whenever I need a fried, I call on you. 5.need-action verb 5. call- action verb

Helping Verbs Helping verbs- helps the main verb (usually an action verb) express action

Helping Verbs cont’d There are 23 helping verbs, and you NEED to memorize all of them. See handout with song… Be, being, been, am Is, are, was, were, Have, has, had, Do, does, did, Can, could, Shall, should, Will, would, May, might, must

Helping Verbs cont’d Example: – I should have gone to the grocery store, but I fell asleep. Helping verbs: should have Main verb: gone Tip: – There can be more than 1 helping verb before the main verb

Verb Phrase A phrase is a group of words (more than 1) So, a verb phrase is a group of verbs (more than 1) 1 or more helping verb(s) + 1 main verb = verb phrase – I could have been baking cookies, but I went to the mall instead. Could have been= helping verbs Baking= main verb Could have been baking= verb phrase

BE CAREFUL… When you see a question, rephrase it to a statement to find the verb phrase: – Can you call me Christie? – You can call me Christie. – Verb phrase: can call When you see contractions with n’t, n’t is NOT part of the verb phrase! – You didn’t take out the trash, Migs! – Verb phrase: did take

You Try…Find the verb phrases Tucker will be jumping for joy today after school. – Verb phrase: will be jumping Tessa may have caused us all to laugh during class. – Verb phrase: may have caused The mud pit is filled with Jon’s old socks. – Verb phrase: is filled Have you wondered why Carson hears voices? – Verb phrase: have wondered Don’t worry, you can be saved from extinction. – Verb phrase: do worry – Verb phrase: can be saved

Adverbs Adverbs: describe a verb, adjective, or another adverb Answers the questions: – Where? – When? – How? – How often/how long? – How much? – To what extent?

Adverbs cont’d Tip: – They usually end in “ly” – They are the only part of speech that can move around in the sentence Example: – The girl quietly sang. – The girl sang quietly. – Quietly the girl sang.

Adverbs cont’d Where?Away, here, there, inside, up When?Later, now, soon, then, tomorrow How?Clearly, easily, quietly, slowly How often/how long?Always, usually, never, forever To what extent/how much?Almost, so, too, more, quite, very, not

Prepositions Sing for me…

Conjunctions Conjunction- joins words or groups of words 1. Coordinating conjunction—FANBOYS For And Nor But Or Yet So

Conjunctions cont’d 2. Correlative conjunctions-a pair of conjunctions that must be USED TOGETHER; they are “relatives” to each other – Both…and Both Alexis and Selena are going shopping. – Either…or You learned either you agree with me or you get a detention. – Neither…nor Neither Tyler nor Modikiah went to Texas. – Not only…but also I not only love this year, but I also think it’s my favorite. – Whether…or I’m not sure whether to laugh at that or yell at you.

Interjections Interjections- a word that expresses an emotion and interrupts the sentence or begins the sentence Tip: look for commas or exclamation marks – Examples: Aha, ouch, wow, yikes, hurray, well, yippee, oh, rats – Ouch! Callyn just pinched me! – Oh, I’m sorry to hear that happened to you. – Captain Nelson, my gosh, you are so tall!