1. The Eight Parts of Speech
English 10

2. Nouns Nouns are words that name persons, places, things, or ideas.
Types of Nouns:
Abstract
Concrete
Proper
Common
Collective
Compound

3. Pronouns
Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun or another pronoun.
Types of Pronouns:
Personal
Indefinite
Demonstrative
Relative
Interrogative
Reflexive and Intensive

4. Verbs Verbs are words that express an action or a state of being.
Types of Verbs:
Action
Linking
Helping

5. Adjectives
Adjectives are modifiers. They give information about the nouns and pronouns they modify.
Types of adjectives:
Articles (a, an, the)
Proper
Predicate

6. Adverbs
Adverbs modify, or tell more about, verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by answering when, where, and how questions. (LY)
Types of Adverbs:
Intensifiers (to what extent or how much)

7. Prepositions
Prepositions connect a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence to form a prepositional phrase.
(anywhere a mouse can go)

8. Conjunctions and Interjections
Conjunctions join words or groups of words that are equal in importance.
Types of Conjunctions:
Coordinating
Correlative
Subordinating
Interjections express mild or strong emotion.
(Set off by a comma or exclamation point.)

9. Parts of speech practice
Purple Writing Book:
Pages (Handout)
Exercise A 1-10
Exercise B 11-20

10. Parts of Speech Task Rotation
You will have minutes to complete the task at each station.
Please write on your own paper.
Each station will focus on practice with a different part of speech.
Each group member will complete their own copy of the task.

11. Station 1: Nouns Page 514 Exercise 1
You should have 25 nouns total. Write the noun only.

12. Station 2: Pronouns Page: 518 Exercise 3
You should have 25 pronouns total. Write the pronoun only.

13. Station 3: adjectives Pages: 519-520 Exercise 4
Write the adjective and the word that it modifies.

14. Station 4: verbs Page: 528 Exercise 9
Write the verbs and verb phrases. Don’t forget to include the helping verbs.

15. Station 5: Adverbs Page: 529 Exercise 10
Write the adverbs and the verb they modify.

16. Station 6: Prepositions
Page: 535
Exercise 15
Write two sentence for each preposition.

17. Station 7: Conjunctions
Page: 537
Exercise 16
Write the conjunctions in each sentence.

18. Station 8: Interjections
Page: 538
Exercise 17
Use at least 5 interjections.