Grammar Monday 9/14 PARTS OF SPEECH

Agenda Survey in Library Review Parts of Speech Practice identifying Parts of Speech END GOAL: Be able to accurately identify Parts of Speech so that we can move on to more ACT Grammar.

Noun Person, place, thing, idea Girl Uncle Mark City Illinois Chair Amundsen Justice

Verb Action Word Run Jump Dance Dive Listen Laugh

Adjective Describes Noun Yellow Old Fifty Soft Fuzzy

Adverb Describes verb, adjective, other adverbs Always Really Enormously Cheerfully Finally Honestly

Conjunction Links words, sentences, ideas And Or But However

Interjection Brief interruption in the sentence Usually in the beginning Wow! Hello, Oh no!

Preposition Links nouns together Think: The dog is ____ the table Under Above Below Between On With

Pronoun Word that replaces a noun He Her It They Them Us We

Article a/an the

Identify Each Word Mary and Jane ran quickly across the park.

Answers Mary and Jane ran quickly across the park. Mary – Noun And – ConjunctionThe - Article Jane – NounPark - Noun Ran – Verb Quickly – Adverb Across - Preposition

Identify They drove to Central Park and played softball.

Answers The drove to Central Park and played softball. They – pronounPlayed - Verb Drove – Verb To – PrepSoftball - Noun Central Park – Noun And - Conj

Identify She is too excited to be at the Department of Motor Vehicles

Answer She is too excited to be at the Department of Motor Vehicles. She – pronounthe - article Is – VerbDepartment of Too – adverbMotor Vehicles - Excited – adjective noun To be –Verb At - preposition

Identify Marco wants Chinese food for dinner; however, I am buying him Burger King.

Answers Marco wants Chinese food for dinner; however, I am buying him Burger King. Marco – NounI - pronoun Wants – verbam buying - verb Chinese – adjectivehim - pronoun Food – nounBurger King - noun For – preposition Dinner – noun However – conjunctive adverb