1. The Eight Parts of Speech Sheltered English I Biggs & Garcia

2. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 2 The Eight Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections

3. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 3 Nouns A word which is a person, place, thing or idea. Examples: Mount Everestbook horsePeter strengthcar Empire State Building Chinahousechild

4. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 4 Pronouns A word that is used to take the place of a noun. Examples: Itheytheir ourselvesitself yourmynobody whowhich herwe

5. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 5 Verbs word that indicates an action, being or state or being. Examples: playrun thinkstudy smellwait bedrive renouncefill

6. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 6 Adjectives A word that is used to describe a noun or pronoun. Examples: proud purple Frenchfew this huge sadsecond none

7. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 7 Adverbs A word that is used to describe a verb which tells how, where, or when something is done. Examples: carefullyoften veryintelligently quitetoo rarelynever

8. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 8 Conjunctions A word that is used to join words or groups of words. Examples: andor butneither becausewhile sincealthough

9. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 9 Prepositions A word used indicating the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. Examples: inuntil offrom afterunder beyondacross toward

10. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com 10 Interjections A single word used to express strong emotion. Examples: Wow! Ah! Oh! No!