1. A Review of the 8 Parts of Speech
English I
Ms. Johnson

2. Noun Names: A person A place A thing
An idea or concept (something abstract)

3. Noun 1) Proper Nouns – have a specific name attached to them.
Ex: Dr. Ortega, Jake, Burger King,
Vietnam War
2) Common Nouns – do not have a specific name attached to them.
Ex: principal, student, restaurant, war

4. Pronoun Takes the place of a noun.
Many types of pronouns but remember 2 main types:
1) Subject pronouns: I, You, He/She/It, We, They
2) Personal pronouns: me, my, us, our, your, yours, them, their, etc.

5. Verb Indicates the action that noun is doing
Ex: jump, smile, run, study
Indicates the state of being of the noun
Ex: is, am, are, seems, appears

6. Adjective Modifies, or describes, a noun
1) In terms of size: huge, tiny, skinny, tall
2) In terms of number: two, dozen, many, hundreds
3) In terms of kind/type: smart, silly, studious, funny, mature, etc.

7. Adverb Modifies, or describes, verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Answer when?, how?, how often?, or where? an action was done.
99% of the time adverbs end in –ly.
Ex: loudly, rapidly, angrily, gladly, carefully

8. Conjunction
Links words, phrases, or sentences (usually appear in lists).
Coordinating Conjunctions: FANBOYS
(For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Ex: I went to the store to get eggs, milk, and bread.
Ex: Jane likes soccer, but I like baseball.

9. Conjunctions continued…
Subordinating Conjunctions
The subordinate conjunction has two jobs:
1. it provides a necessary transition between the two ideas in the sentence
2. to reduce the importance of one part of a sentence so that a reader understands which of the two ideas is more important
Subordinating Conjunctions are not always used with a comma.
Examples: after, although, as, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order that

10. Preposition
Indicates the relationship between noun/pronoun and another word in a sentence.
Links nouns to other words and phrases.
Ex: up, above, below, around, through, behind, during

11. Interjection
Expresses surprise or emotion (usually causes an interruption in the sentence).
Ex: Oh, Ah, Wow, Hey
The ball flew at him, and ouch! it hit him in the face.

12. You are now on your way to…

13. …becoming a grammar genius.