1. Parts of Speech
There are Eight!

2. 1. Nouns Persons Places Things Ideas (love, honesty, truth)
Proper Nouns are CAPITALIZED!
Ms. Schleupner , Mexico, Maine, Thanksgiving
Can function as the subject in a sentence.

3. 2. Pronouns Take the place of nouns I, me, he, she, it, we, they, you
Can function as the subject in a sentence.
Ex. She went to the store.
Commands: the Implied You
Ex. Take out the trash.
Translation: (You) take out the trash.

4. 3. Verbs
Action verbs – jump, kiss, swim
Linking verbs (state of being) –
is, was, feel, taste
Helping verbs –
was eating, can work, must walk

5. 4. Adjectives Describe nouns
Ex. The small, tiny, brown mouse ate the sugar coated donut crumb.

6. 5. Adverbs Describe: verbs adjectives other adverbs prepositions
Ex. An unusually large crowd quickly gathered.

7. 6. Prepositions
Relates a noun or pronoun to some other part of a sentence.
Always travels with a noun or pronoun.
Ex. I gave the gift to him.
Sally put the dinner on the table.

8. 7. Conjunctions
- Join words, phrases, or clauses For And Nor But Or Yet So FANBOYS

9. 8. Interjections
A word or cry expressing sudden or strong feelings and usually lacking grammatical connection.
Ex. “Oh no!”, “Yikes”, “Ouch”