Parts of Speech Review You will be asked to complete a project with this information after the presentation!

CA ELA Standards WOC 1.3- Demonstrate knowledge and application of the eight parts of speech

*Nouns A noun names a person, place, thing or idea.

Nouns Examples: Persons veterinarian, Dr. Lee, friend Places school, Hilton Head Island, Grand Canyon Things pencil, paper, notebook, desk Ideas excitement, anger, joy

*Pronouns A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. Examples: I, we, he, them, and it. Instead of: Susie has a dog. With Pronoun: She has a dog.

*Verbs A verb is a word used to express an action or a state of being. The two main types of verbs are action (tells what a subject does) and linking (links subject to another word)

Verbs Examples: An action verb tells what its subject does. The action it expresses can be either physical or mental. The students opened their lockers!

Verbs A linking verb links its subject to a word in the predicate. The most common linking verbs are forms of the verb be. Forms of be: be, am is, are, was, were, been, being The students were excited about starting school!

*Adjectives An adjective is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or a pronoun. Example: The apple is big, green, and juicy.

*Adverbs An adverb is a word that modifies a verb (1), an adjective (2), or another adverb (3). Examples: 1) Explorers eagerly chase adventure. 2) Some explores visit amazingly beautiful places. 3) Others quite bravely explore the unknown-space.

*Prepositions A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. Prepositions…..Think Table!!!! The cat sleeps on the bed.

*Conjunctions A conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words. FANBOYS Cats are intelligent and playful.

*Interjections Interjections are words or phrases used to express emotion. Wow, there’s a monster lizard. Gee Whiz! That was a cool movie!

Review Can you name the 8 parts of speech?

Assignment Create a foldable chart, which reviews each of the 8 parts of speech. For each part of speech include the definition, and an example sentence. Underline the corresponding part of speech in your sentence. Foldable charts will be attached to notebooks.

Parts of Speech Practice! Complete the following in your notebook (must write out sentence) Page 196: Exercise 6 Page 211: Exercise 3 Page 211: Exercise 6 Page 217: Exercise 14 Page 235: Exercise 9….a red what? Page 243: Exercise 23 Page 249: Exercise 3 (see chart on page 246) Page 260: Exercise 5 Page 264: Exercise 15