1. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 1 "There is no education like adversity." Disraeli, Endymion

2. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 2 Purpose of presentation: This presentation provides a very basic introduction to the concept of parts of speech in language. Actually, the study of parts of speech can be quite complicated and involved, but the purpose of this presentation is to give the students a working vocabulary and a way to improve their grasp of grammar.

3. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 3 In the English language... There are nine parts of speech... Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Articles Prepositions Interjections It is important to understand that every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role in the sentence.

4. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 4 Noun: person, place, thing or quality Person: Mr. Garcia likes to eat spinach. Place: Mission is an old town. Thing: To cook you need a couple of pots. Quality: Honesty is a great value to possess. Idea: All you need is love.

5. Kinds of Nouns

6. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 6 Verb: shows action or state of being Action: He was running through the forest. State of being: He was sad that particular morning. Every sentence must have a verb.

7. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 7 Pronoun: takes the place of a noun Guillermo was studying for the mid-term exam when he realized that it was three o’clock in the morning. (There are actually many types of pronouns: personal, interrogative,demonstrative, indefinite, relative, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal)

8. Types of Pronouns Personal Pronouns I, me, mine, you, your, yours, she, her, hers, it, its, we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs, myself, yourself Indefinite Pronouns anybody each either none someone, one, etc. Demonstrative Pronouns this that these those Interrogative Pronouns who whom what which whose

9. Adjective: describes a noun They answer the questions: Which? What kind? How many? Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 9

10. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 10 Adjective: describes a noun The beautiful woman only wanted a couple of pairs of shoes. The rainy day made us even sadder.

11. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 11 Article: There are only three articles--the, a, an (Actually, articles are adjectives and not a different part of speech) The bicycle was not only red but shiny. A yellow moon always appears in October. An excellent student, Armando passed all his exams.

12. Adverb: describes a verb or adjective They typically end in –ly. They answer the questions: How? (He ran quickly). When? (She left yesterday.) Where? (We went there.) To what degree or extent? (It was too hot.) Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 12

13. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 13 Adverb: describes a verb The little girl walked happily through the park. The orphan hungrily ate the hot stew.

14. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 14 Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentences Coordinating Conjunctions: connect similar or equal ideas. (FAN BOYS) For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Subordinating Conjunctions: connect ideas that are dissimilar or unequal. However, because, when, since, until…

15. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 15 Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentences Manuel and Marisol loved to cook. You will go to school, or you will fail. I am happy because I just received my check. It has been cloudy since the morning.

16. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 16 Preposition A word or phrase that shows the relationship between the noun that it takes as an object and some other word in the sentence. A few ways to remember/ test if a word is a preposition: What a cat can do to a tree. What Superman can do to a cloud.

17. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 17 Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the relationship between the noun that it takes as an object and some other word in the sentence. The cat was on the table. The dog was under the table. These are some common prepositions: Forontoup atunderabovetoward Withbetweeninbehind Fromuponintooff

18. Prepositions Prepositions never stand alone; they always have a noun/pronoun as its object. You can walk over the bridge. Her note to Nina and Marcus was sad. It happened during the last test. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 18

19. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 19 Interjections: expressive words Wow, you knocked that ball out of the park. Oh, you really need to take care of yourself. Huh, what did you say? Ah, now I understand the problem.

20. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 20 Identify each word in the following sentence The beautiful queen was walking slowly on the cool lawn, and she was reading a long book about knights and kings which she enjoyed.

21. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 21 The beautiful queen was walking slowly article adjective noun verb verb adverb on the cool lawn, and she was reading a preposition article adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb verb article long book about knights and kings which adjective noun preposition noun conjunction noun preposition she enjoyed. Pronoun verb

22. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 22 Assignment: Identify parts of speech 1. The queen knew that she would be the only pretty woman at the party. 2. The king did not know if he was going to make the cake, and he was afraid to tell the queen. 3. The thin waitress told the customers that they desperately needed to go on a diet. 4. I ran many miles every day, and I couldn’t lose a pound. 5. This quiz was a piece of cake.

23. Identify each part of speech and then replace each nonsense word with a “real” word Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 23 `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.