1. Parts of Speech

2. Parts of Speech Basics The term “PARTS OF SPEECH”
refers to the building blocks of sentences
includes VERBS, NOUNS, PRONOUNS, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, PREPOSITIONS and CONJUNCTIONS
most of our focus will be on the “big four”--VERBS, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS

3. Parts of Speech Basics How about in this sentence: And this one:
Consider this question: Which PART OF SPEECH is the word “brand”?
How about in this sentence:
His brand new computer has a virus.
And this one:
That brand of cereal is more expensive.
Or this one:
He branded the cow with his ranch’s symbol.
And finally:
He likes brand names more than he likes saving money.

4. Parts of Speech Basics
The part of speech is determined by the job the word, phrase or clause is doing in a particular sentence
A word in one sentence can do a completely different job in a different sentence, so we must TEST it!
To “test” a word, a phrase or a clause, to determine its job, see what QUESTION it answers in relation to the rest of the sentence.
*Always begin with the verb and work your way out from there.

5. Identifying Parts of Speech-The Big 4, in order
PoS
Answers to…
(Questions to test)
verb
What’s happening?/What happened?/What will happen?
noun
Who? What?
adjective
What kind? Which one? How many?
adverb
To what extent? How? When? Where? Why?

6. Basic Questioning:
Step 1: Find the verb first: Ask “What is happening/what happened?” This pinpoints the VERB(s).
Example:
Yesterday, Simon happily gave his little sister a big hug.

7. Basic Questioning: Step 2: Next find the “core” nouns and their jobs:
Ask “Who?”
Ask “What?”
Ask “Where?”
Example:
Yesterday, Simon happily gave his little sister a big hug.

8. Basic Questioning:
Step 3: Now that you have your nouns, look at each one. Ask “what kind?” or “which one?” in relation to each. This will pinpoint adjectives. Adjectives have only one job—to describe nouns. Not every sentence that has nouns will have adjectives.
Example:
Yesterday, Simon happily gave his little sister a big hug.

9. Basic Questioning:
Step 4: Now that you have your verbs and adjectives, look at each and ask “when?” “how?” “to what extent?”and “why?” This will pinpoint adverbs. Adverbs can also describe other adverbs. A sentence may not have any adverbs or adjectives, but it will always have a verb.
Example:
Yesterday, Simon happily gave his little sister a big hug.

10. Practice 1 His mother bought him a new red hat.
Directions: Identify the part of speech and job for each word.
His mother bought him a new red hat.
Simon attended the surprise birthday party.
Suddenly and violently, the lead car crashed.

11. Spoons!