1. Parts of Speech

2. What do these words have in common?
boy girl man woman teacher student principal cook brother sister cousin uncle acrobat nurse lawyer clown
They are all people.

3. What do these words have in common?
swamp beach street city
St. Louis El Paso Denver Austin
United States Ireland China Mexico
Whataburger school zoo mall
They are all places.

4. What do these words have in common?
house fence grass door
mirror lamp toothbrush watch
soap dish book desk
shoe pencil bucket telephone
They are all things.

5. What do these words have in common?
happiness sadness fear anger
truth justice honesty beauty
pride loyalty love hate
jealousy envy courage peace
They are all emotions or traits (ideas).

6. What do ALL of these words have in common?
What ARE people, places, things, and ideas?
NOUNS!
CONCRETE NOUNS name things we can touch, taste, see, hear, feel, and smell.
ABSTRACT NOUNS are things that we cannot touch, taste, see, hear, feel, and smell. They are things like emotions and character traits such and honesty or greed.

7. Eight Parts of Speech:
Nouns

8. What do these words have in common?
I me you he
she we us they
them it this that
my your her his
its our their who

9. They are all PRONOUNS
A PRONOUN is a word that takes the place of a noun.
There are LOTS of different types of pronouns!

10. PRONOUNS can appear as the “subject” of a sentence (subjective case pronouns)
I read.
You read.
She reads.
He reads.
We read.
They read.
Who reads?

11. PRONOUNS can appear as “objects” of sentences, phrases, and clauses (objective case pronouns)
Read to me.
Joan reads to you.
Read to her.
Read to him.
Read to it.
Read to us.
Read to them.
To whom does she read?

12. Possessive PRONOUNS show ownership (possessive case pronouns)
my book
your book
her book
his book
its book
our book
their book

13. There are still LOTS more types of pronouns!
Reflective pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, itself, ourselves
Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those
Indefinite pronouns: all, any, anyone, both, either, everybody, everyone, few many most neither, nobody, none, several, some, somebody, someone
Interrogative pronouns: what, which, who, whom, whose

14. Eight Parts of Speech:
Nouns
Pronouns