1. EOL 484 – 508

2. Noun Pronoun Verb AdverbAdjective Preposition Conjunction Interjection Parts of Speech

3.  Names a person, place, thing or idea  Can be concrete, abstract, common or proper  Ex: John Smith, Blackwell, chair, fairness  People sometimes need inspiration to get through the day. 3

4.  Replace nouns  Can be possessive (its), reflexive (myself) or indefinite (someone), etc…  Ex: I hope you experience joy. It improves everyone’s outlook. EOL 488-489

5.  Action words, what you can do.  Linking verbs are forms of to be (is, was) or sensory words (smell, sound, feel).  Helping verbs attach to the base verb (has, have)  Modals express an attitude such as a necessity or possibility (must, may)

6. The rose smells beautiful; it is in the garden.

7.  Describe nouns or pronouns  Tells what kind (brown), which one* (those), how many (ten), how much (less)  Articles (a, an, the) are always adjectives  Can be proper (German folktale) *Be careful, sometimes the same words can be pronouns!

8.  Adds to or changes the verb, adjective or another adverb  Tells how (magnificently), when (now), where (there), or to what extent (very).  Many end with the suffix -ly, but not always.

9.  Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence.  Works in a phrase, as an object  Use Frog/Log analogy (The frog ran around the log.) EOL 503

10. We slowly drove through the empty lot.

11.  Connect words or word groups  Can be coordinating (and, so), correlative (not only…but also) or subordinating (because, though) EOL 505-506

12.  Expresses emotion (Wow! Ouch!)  Has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence (oh, well).

13. Ah, because the test was long, the students did not finish.

14. Noun Pronoun Verb AdverbAdjective Preposition Conjunction Interjection Parts of Speech