1. Hopefully this all sounds familiar from elementary school…
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW
Hopefully this all sounds familiar from elementary school…

2. Eight Parts of Speech Interjections Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adverbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions

3. Note: a noun serves as the simple subject of a sentence
A word that names
A Person
A Place
A Thing
Note: a noun serves as the simple subject of a sentence
An Idea

4. KINDS of NOUNS

5. A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement
VERBS
A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
Action
Subject
Linking
predicate

6. Every sentence must have
VERB a
Note: this is the simple predicate of a sentence

7. KINDS of VERBS Action verbs express mental or physical action.
Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it.
He rode the horse to victory.
He has been sick.

8. KINDS of VERBS PRESENT PAST FUTURE
Helping verbs help the action verb show the tense (time) the action occurred.
PRESENT
PAST
I am running. (present)
I was running. (past)
I will be running. (future)
FUTURE

9. PRONOUNS The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.
Demonstrative Pronouns
this
that
these
those
Personal Pronouns
I, me, mine
you, your, yours
she, her, hers,
we,us, our, ours
it, its
they, them, their,
theirs
myself
yourself
Interrogative Pronouns
who
whom
what
which
whose

10. PRONOUNS Examples: This is certainly fun.
Several have turned in their homework.
My book was left at his house.
Joe and she are going on a date.
Please come with Tammy and me to the game.
You need to bring it with you.
The word the pronoun replaces is called the antecedent. It should (but may not) be established before you use a pronoun.

11. ADJECTIVES Which? What kind? How many? Answers these questions:
Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Answers these questions:
Did you lose your address
book?
Which?
Is that a wool sweater?
What kind?
Just give me five minutes.
How many?

12. Answers the questions:
ADVERBS
Modifies or describes
a verb.
Answers the questions:
How?
He ran quickly.
When?
She left yesterday.
We went there.
Where?

13. We call these intensifiers.
ADVERBS
Or… it describes an adjective or another adverb
It was too hot!
He ran very quickly.
It is so nice.
To what degree or how much?
We call these intensifiers.

14. PREPOSITIONS They received a postcard from Bobby telling
A preposition begins a phrase that helps show relationships to
another word in the sentence. The prepositional phrase will end
with a noun or pronoun and will answer some of the same
questions an adjective or adverb does (just in a phrase).
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.

15. The preposition never stands alone!
noun
Complete the
preposition
preposition
pronoun
object
You can press those leaves under glass.
preposition
can have more than one object
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
object can have modifiers
It happened during the last examination.

16. Some Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond by
down
during
except
for
from in
into
like of
off on
over
past
since
through
throughout to
toward
under
underneath
until up
upon
with
within
without

17. A conjunction is a word that joins words
CONJUNCTIONS
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words. or
and
neither/nor
either/or
but

18. CONJUNCTIONS Neither Johnny nor Mike
Two equal words
over the river and through the woods
Two equal phrases
I fell over the backpack, and I broke my ankle.
Two equal sentences
You only need a comma if connecting two sentences.

19. INTERJECTIONS an exclamatory word that expresses emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow, look at that sunset!
***Use an exclamation point for strong emotion or a comma for mild emotion.