IVAN CAPP The 8 Parts of Speech

Interjection Ouch! Whoa! Oh no! Awesome! An interjection is a word or phrase used to express EMOTION. Ouch! Whoa! Wow! Oh no! Awesome!

VERBS A verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being. There are 3 types of Verbs. Action Verbs Linking Verbs Helping Verbs

Action Verbs An ACTION VERB tells what the subject does. Physical Action: Run, Jump, swim Mental Action: wish, hope, dream

Linking Verbs A LINKING VERB links its subject to a word in the predicate. FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had

Helping Verbs HELPING VERBS help main verbs express action or precise shades of meaning. Example: Has, have, had OTHER: could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

Adjectives Little Noisy Spicy An ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun. Adjectives answer 3 questions: What Kind? Which one or ones? How many or How much? Little Noisy Spicy

Nouns cat A NOUN is a word that names a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA. Common Nouns: The general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. cat

Proper Nouns: The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized. Morris

Conjunctions A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or groups of words. CONNECTORS FANBOYS

What is FANBOYS? For And Nor But Or Yet So

Adverb An ADVERB is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs answer 4 questions: How? Suddenly, carefully, sadly When? Now, later, soon Where? There, up, ahead To What Extent? Completely, totally, fully

Pronoun A PRONOUN is a word that is used in place of a noun. EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers, my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs

Preposition About, above, across, against, among, around… A PREPOSITION is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence. About, above, across, against, among, around… Behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down… Over, under, of, off, on… Through, beneath, to, after, Toward, up, onto, unto, into, in

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