1. Nouns Parts of Speech Adverb Verb Adjective Pronoun Preposition
Conjunction
Preposition
Interjection

2. Noun My family lives in a small village.
Definition: The part of speech that is used to name a person, place, thing, idea, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or an appositive.
Types:
Singular/plural – fox/foxes
Common – village
Collective – family
Abstract – honesty
Concrete – Steak
Proper – Hightower Trail Middle School
Possessive – Lola’s
Parts of Speech

3. Verb I was so sad that I fell down.
Definition: The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages.
Types:
Action – fell
Linking – is
Helping – have
Tenses:
Past tense – sang
Present tense – is singing
Future tense – will sing
Parts of Speech

4. Pronoun You only think about yourself.
Definition: The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and designates persons or things.
Type:
Personal – you
Demonstrative – this
Interrogative – which
Reflexive – yourself
Indefinite – anything
Parts of Speech

5. Adjective The dog is almost larger than I am.
Definition: A part of speech that describes a noun.
Type:
Proper – French
Articles – the, a, an
Comparative – Larger
Superlative - Largest

6. Adverb
I quietly paid attention in class today, and my teacher was most surprised when I made an A on the test.
Definition: a part of speech that primarily is used to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Type:
Comparative adverb – quieter
Superlative adverb - most

7. Preposition I want to go (to the farm.) Preposition – to
Object of the Preposition – farm
Prepositional phrase – (to the farm)
Definition: A word put before a noun or pronoun to show how it is related to another word in the sentence.
Explain the parts of a prepositional phrase:
The preposition and the object of the preposition together is called a prepositional phrase.
A preposition always goes before the noun or pronoun which is called the object of the preposition.
Preposition is almost always before the noun or pronoun that is why it is called a preposition.

8. Conjunction I haven’t been good, but I will try harder this afternoon.
Definition: A part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
Type:
Coordinating (fanboys) – yet, but
Subordinating – after
Correlative - both

9. Interjection Congratulations, you have made an A on this project.
Definition: A part of speech that usually expresses emotion and is capable of standing alone.
5 examples of Interjections:
Congratulations
Oh well
wow
Thanks
Yeah