2. PARTS OF SPEECH

3. Parts of Speech Each word in an English sentence has a special purpose. Some are: nouns verbs adjectives adverbs pronouns

4. NOUNS

5. Nouns What is a noun? 1) Person 2) Place 3) Thing Mr. Jones is a nice guy. Tel Aviv is a great city. The ball is big.

6. PRONOUNS

7. Pronouns What are pronouns? Pronouns are used to replace nouns. I you he she it they we

8. Examples: Tara is beautiful. She is Native American. My boyfriend brought me flowers. They smelled really good. John, Jane, Joy, Julie and I went to the mall. We had a lot of fun.

9. VERBS

10. Verbs What is a verb? A verb is an action word or a state of being. Action words: sing kick yell maketalk write do Being words: belike

11. Examples of verbs: I yelled at the teacher. I swim twice a day. I like the English website. Ilanit is a teacher. verb

12. ADJECTIVES

13. Adjectives What is an adjective? An adjective is a word used to describe a noun or a pronoun.

14. Examples of adjectives: Beautiful sunset. Tall girl. Muscular man.

15. ADVERBS

16. Adverbs What is an adverb? An adverb is used to describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb. quickly silently badly really beautifully elegantly Tip: Most of the time, adverbs end in an “ly”

17. Examples of adverbs: The man walked quickly. The woman is very hungry. I am behaving badly. Sometimes, I drink really quickly. describes the verb describes the adjective describes the adverb

18. A Day at the Beach One (1) ___________ summer day, I decided to go to the beach. I (2) __________ into my car and (3) __________ to the beach. Suddenly, I (4) ___________ my good friend, (5) __________. She is a very (6) _________ girl. (7) _________ has long, blond (8) _________ and (9) __________ blue eyes. She was holding a (10) __________ in her hand. I (11) ___________ (12) ___________ over to her. We had a (13) __________time together. We (14) ___________and (15) _____________ really (16) ___________. Then we picked up the (17) _____________ and (18) ___________ it back and forth to each other. By the time we came home, the (19) ___________ had set. It certainly was a (20) ___________ day.

19. Find the parts of speech in the following sentences… 1.The skinny girl danced gracefully. She looked wonderful. 2.Everyday, the queen walks around her gardens. The flowers always smell so sweetly. 3.Jake is my dog. We live in a big house in London. adj.nounverbadv.pronoun verbadj. nounverb noun verb adv. nounverbnoun pronoun verb adj. noun