Parts of Speech Mrs. Holzbauer

NOUNS Person, place, thing, or idea Concrete nouns: You can see, hear, taste, smell or touch them. *Can interact using at least one of the five senses. **like concrete, which you can touch EX. girl, dog, school, desk Abstract nouns: Concepts, ideas, qualities, conditions Cannot interact with five senses Ex. Freedom, honor, love

Nouns Collective nouns: Groups of people or things as one unit A class Ex. Class, community, neighborhood Compound nouns: two or more words used together to name a person, place or thing Ex. Fire engine Rock-and roll toothbrush

Nouns Common noun: Basic names for any person, place, or thing Ex. Boy, girl, dog, school Woman Proper noun: Specific names for any person, place, or thing *capitalized Ex. Mrs. Holzbauer, Fido, San Marcos High School President Barack Obama

PRONOUNS: takes the place of a noun Singular Plural First Person I, me, my, mine We, us, our, ours Second Person You, your, yours Third Person He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its They, them, their, theirs Ex. went to the store. Sarah She

PRONOUNS Reflexive Pronouns: adds information to the sentence by pointing back to a noun or pronoun earlier in a sentence Those people Ex. Michael taught himself to play the guitar. This boy That girl Demonstrative Pronouns: direct attention to specific people, places, things *demonstrates Ex. This These That Those These books are new.

PRONOUNS Relative Pronouns: Connects a subordinate clause to the rest of the sentence that which who whom whose Ex. He found the cattle that he lost. Interrogative Pronouns: used to begin a question what which who whom whose Ex. What did you say? Which of the answers is best?

PRONOUNS Indefinite Pronouns: refer to people, places, or things, often without specifying which ones another anybody anyone both few all any Several of the guests were late. Everyone ate everything offered.

VERBS: a word that expresses time while showing an action, condition, or the fact that something exists Action verbs: tells what action someone or something is performing He scored a touchdown. She kicked the ball. We laughed at the movie.

VERBS Transitive Verb: takes an object, action is directed to an object Object Verb The pitcher throws the ball. Intransitive: Does not direct its action to an object No object. The pitcher throws. Verb

Verbs Linking Verbs: connects a word or words at or near the beginning of a sentence with a word or words at or near the end. Ex. Can be Would have Has been Is Was Were Am Example: I am an English teacher.

ADJECTIVES: words used to describe a noun or pronoun or to give a noun or pronoun a more specific meaning They answer: Scary pumpkin Orange pumpkin What kind? That pumpkin Her pumpkin Which one? One pumpkin How many? Some pumpkins How much?

ADJECTIVES Nouns as Adjectives: nouns become adjectives when they modify other nouns and answer What kind? (and) Which one? Noun: Pineapple Noun: Juice Pineapple + Juice Adjective Noun What kind? Pineapple Juice

ADJECTIVES Proper Noun Proper Adjective Mexico Mexican Food Proper Adjective: a proper noun used as an adjective or an adjective formed from a proper noun Proper Noun Proper Adjective Mexico Mexican Food San Marcos High School San Marcos High School’s band Mrs. Holzbauer Mrs. Holzbauer’s class Answers Which kind? Or Which one?

ADJECTIVES Compound adjective: an adjective made up of more than one word Ex. Freeze-dried coffee Ex. Strawberry-banana yogurt

ADJECTIVES Pronouns used as adjectives: A pronoun functions as an adjective if it modifies a noun Ex. My book Your book Which one? These are most often possessive pronouns. Demonstrative Adjectives: This that these those Adjective This book is hilarious! Pronoun This is hilarious!

“What” modifies “name.” “Whose” modifies “shirt.” ADJECTIVES Remember, adjectives do not take the place of a noun, they modify a noun or pronoun.. Interrogative Adjectives: used to ask a question What name should I call you? “What” modifies “name.” Whose shirt is this? “Whose” modifies “shirt.”

ADJECTIVES Indefinite adjectives: Modifies a person, place, How many crackers? Indefinite adjectives: Modifies a person, place, or thing without being specific. Ex. Another cracker Few students like grammar. Which students?

ADJECTIVES Verbs used as adjectives: When verbs are used to modify a noun or pronoun Mainly end in –ing Or -ed The sitting owl was still. The melted ice was in the sun.

ADJECTIVES Articles: A AN The

ADVERBS: a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb Answers the questions: How? Where? When? To what extent?

ADVERBS Examples: The girl ran quickly. Answers: How? The girl ran earlier. Answers: When? The girl ran there. Answers: Where? The girl ran exceptionally. Answers: To what extent?

ADVERBS Adjectives vs. Adverbs…..which is which? Verb Adverb The student ran straight towards the door. Adjective The road was straight. noun

Prepositions: a word that relates a noun or pronoun that appears with it to another word in the sentence There are many more. Examples: Above Below Between Beyond Around Without The umbrella is above their heads. Her feet are under the table. They are looking at each other.

Prepositions Examples: -on top of -next to -prior to Compound Prepositions: Prepositions consisting of more than one word Examples: -on top of -next to -prior to The coffee is on top of the table. I was standing next to the table. We met prior to the meeting to discuss details.

Object of the preposition Prepositions Prepositional phrase: a group of words that includes a preposition and a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition. Example: We had a picnic in the park. Object of the preposition Preposition

Object of the preposition Prepositions Is it a preposition or an adverb? The smoke drifted up the chimney. Preposition Object of the preposition The dark, ugly smoke drifted up. adverb Modifies this verb

Conjunctions: a word used to connect other words or groups of words Coordination conjunctions: connects other words or groups of words For And Nor But Or Yet So I liked reading both Twilight and Harry Potter. I thought I had a “C,” but I actually had an “A.”

Conjunctions Correlative Conjunctions: The same as coordinating conjunctions, but used in pairs Ex. Both…and Neither…nor Whether…or Either…or Not only…but also I understand both integers and square roots. Neither television nor the computer distracted me from my work.

Makes this part important Makes this part important Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunctions: Connects two complete ideas by making one of the ideas subordinate (less important) to the other Makes this part important Ex. Because Carol practices, she is a good artist. Ex. Even though I like Huck. Finn, I like Cuckoo’s Nest better. Makes this part important

Interjections: a word that expresses emotion and functions independently of a sentence Hooray! Ouch! $#%@!