1. Parts of Speech

2. Objective
I can identify the different parts of speech within sentences and understand their function within the sentence.

3. Overview
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Conjunction
Interjection

4. Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
Articles always come before a noun
An, a, and the
Ex: The boy on the red bike hit a rock and fell off.

5. Verbs The action or “doing” word within a sentence
Change tense in order to show time
Ex: The team celebrated their win at the soccer tournament by dumping water on the coach.

6. Adjective Describe or modify nouns within a sentence.
They answer the questions, “What kind?” or “How many?”
Ex: The five tired children fell asleep on the way home from their aunt’s house.

7. Adverbs Used to describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
Adverbs answer the questions: How?, When?, Why?, Where?, Under what circumstances?
Often end in -ly
Examples of common adverbs
Not, very, often, here, almost, always, never, there
Ex: She ran quickly ran to her amazing mother and gave her a huge hug.

8. Conjunctions Words that connect other words, phrases, or sentences
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For
And
Nor
But Or
Yet So

9. Conjunctions Some conjunctions only connect clauses
When, if, since, because, while, after, although, before
Ex: She and I left early, but Matt decided to stay in order to talk to his friend Michael.

10. Interjections
Words that show emotion or they could be “fillers” that do not serve any other function within the sentence
Ex: Oh, I did not know you felt this way so please forgive me.