IVAN CAPP The 8 Parts of Speech

Interjection Ouch! Whoa! Oh no! Awesome! An interjection is a word or phrase used to express EMOTION. Ouch! Whoa! Wow! Oh no! Awesome!

VERBS A verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being. There are 3 types of Verbs. Action Verbs Linking Verbs Helping Verbs

Action Verbs An ACTION VERB tells what the subject does. Physical Action: Run, Jump, swim Mental Action: wish, hope, dream

Linking Verbs A LINKING VERB links its subject to a word in the predicate. FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had

Helping Verbs HELPING VERBS help main verbs express action or precise shades of meaning.

23 (But really 24) Helping Verbs (song) Helping verbs, helping verbs, there are 23 am is are was were being been be has have had do does did shall should will would There are 5 more helping verbs may might must can could * seem Definition – Helping verb is a word that helps an action verb or “be” verb in a sentence. hv mv Ex. Simon is helping Brittney with lunch. hv mv Ex. Main ideas were used for this example.

Adjectives Little Noisy Spicy An ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun. Adjectives answer 3 questions: What Kind? Which one or ones? How many or How much? Little Noisy Spicy

Nouns cat A NOUN is a word that names a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA. Common Nouns: The general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. cat

Proper Nouns: The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized. Morris

Conjunctions A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or groups of words. CONNECTORS FANBOYS

What is FANBOYS? For And Nor But Or Yet So

Adverb An ADVERB is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs answer 4 questions: How? Suddenly, carefully, sadly When? Now, later, soon Where? There, up, ahead To What Extent? Completely, totally, fully

Pronoun A PRONOUN is a word that is used in place of a noun. EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers, my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs

Preposition About, above, across, against, among, around… A PREPOSITION is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence. About, above, across, against, among, around… Behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down… Over, under, of, off, on… Through, beneath, to, after, Toward, up, onto, unto, into, in

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