IVAN CAPP The 8 Parts of Speech

An interjection is a word or phrase used to express emotion. IVAN CAPP Interjections An interjection is a word or phrase used to express emotion. Ouch! Wow! Whoa! Oh no! Awesome!

IVAN CAPP 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

An action verb tells what the subject does. 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

could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will Helping Verbs A helping verb helps main verbs express action or precise shades of meaning. Examples: has, have, had could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

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

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. IVAN CAPP Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Common Noun: The general name for a person, place, thing, or idea Proper Noun: The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized. cat Morris

Conjunctions For And Nor But Or Yet So IVAN CAPP Conjunctions A conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words; connectors: For And Nor But Or Yet So FANBOYS

IVAN CAPP Adverbs An adverb is a word that modifies, or describes, 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

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun. IVAN CAPP Pronouns 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

IVAN CAPP Prepositions A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence. Examples: 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

IVAN CAPP Articles Articles are words that are linked to nouns to identify them rather than describe them. examples: a, an, the

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