1. Parts of Speech Nouns and Verbs
English 10

2. Nouns

3. General Nouns Examples: girl city shoe love
person, place, thing, idea (concept)
Examples:
girl
city
shoe
love

4. Proper Nouns specific nouns (usually give the noun a proper name)
(almost always starts with a capital letter)
Examples:
Kelly Clarkson
Chicago
Nike running shoe

5. Pronouns
can replace a noun or another pronoun = less repetitive sentences
Examples:
he she
me it
they them
we us I

6. Example Writing with Nouns
Susie is my best friend. Susie and I go everywhere together. Susie likes the same things I like. I really like hanging out with Susie.

7. Example Writing with Pronouns
Susie is my best friend. We go everywhere together. She likes the same things as me. I really like hanging out with her.

8. WRITERS ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!
REMEMBER:
WRITERS ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!
PAINT A PICTURE WITH YOUR WORDS!!!

9. Proper Noun Practice Late last year, our neighbors bought a dog.
Change the following sentences by making the nouns more specific:
Late last year, our neighbors bought a dog.
The team beat their rival.
My mom works downtown.
The purse is trendy.

10. Verbs

11. Verbs show the action of the sentence Active verbs tell HOW

12. Class Activity These choices are called synonyms.
Come up with different choices for the following underlined words (next three slides).
These choices are called synonyms.
A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word.
A few have been completed for you.

13. Synonyms Walk creep stroll strut saunter run, sprint, jog crawl stride
stumble

14. Synonyms
Talk
scream
yell
sing
stammer
whisper
stutter
sign
stumble

15. Synonyms Move fidget tap jiggle dance tremble fall shake quake
convulse

16. The thesaurus is your friend!!
REMEMBER:
The thesaurus is your friend!!
BE SPECIFIC!!!

17. BE VERBS
Forms of “to be”

18. Be verbs is am are was were be being been
NOT active = they do NOT show the actions of the sentence (be verbs are passive verbs). is am
are
was
were be
being
been

19. Activity The sun set while we were at the beach.
It’s okay; things will get better.
I told my parents I was staying at a friend’s house.
Change the following sentences by eliminating all be verbs.
Also, make the sentences more specific.