1. Nine Parts of Speech

2. The brown dog easily jumped over the high fence, and he subsequently tripped over a red fox! Oh my!

3. Nouns are words that name people, things, places, ideas, or qualities.
i.e. John, The Empire State Building, generosity, freedom, that little patch of skin right below the nose that is hard to shave

4. Pronouns replace or stand for nouns.
i.e. Jimmy went to the store to buy milk. He really loves milk.
Jimmy talked to the man who sold him the milk for over an hour.

5. ARTICLES
Words used to introduce nouns. There are only three of them: a, an, the. There are two types of articles: definite and indefinite.

6. i.e. Jimmy passed a police officer as he entered the store
ARTICLES
Indefinite Article: A or An
used when you do not wish to be definite or specific about which thing or person you are referring to.
i.e. Jimmy passed a police officer as he entered the store

7. used when you do wish to call attention to the particular thing or
ARTICLES
Definite Article: The
used when you do wish to call
attention to the particular thing or
person.
i.e. Jimmy walked by the police officer who wrote him a ticket last week.

8. Jimmy is a small, fast man
ADJECTIVES
words used to tell us more about (describe, modify) nouns or pronouns.
ie. big, small, slow, fast
Jimmy is a small man
Jimmy is a small, fast man

9. i.e. John loves ice-cream. I drove my car to school today.
VERBS
words that express actions or states of affair. Most verbs can be thought of as "doing" words.
i.e. John loves ice-cream.
I want to go to the store
I drove my car to school today.

10. Verbs: three kinds
1. Action Verbs 2. Linking/State-of-Being Verbs 3. Helping Verbs

11. 1. ACTION VERBS
Action verbs are the most common kind of verb. They tell you what a noun or pronoun is doing. Carl shot the young man for no real reason. Rick worked hard to look after his daughter. The Governor hates Michonne for what she did to his daughter.

12. 2. LINKING/STATE-OF-BEING VERBS
State of Being Verbs are often called linking verbs because they link the subject of the sentence with information about the subject. Linking verbs also include verbs about the five senses –sight, touch, smell, taste, and sound. For example: Is, am, are, was, were, have, be, been, etc. Look, taste, feel, sound, appear, remain, seem, become, etc. Zombies are gross! Zombies, in The Walking Dead, are slow. The Walking Dead is a show I like to watch.

13. You should have run from the zombie.
3. HELPING VERBS
Helping Verbs come in front of a main verb. They create verb phrases. They are acting in similar way to adverbs in that they modify the main verb.
You should have run from the zombie.
Can Could/could have Do/did
Have/had May/may have Might/might have
Must/must have Ought Shall/shall have
Should/should have Will/will have Would/would have

14. They have to kill the zombies. I want to escape from Woodbury.
BEWARE: NOT VERBS
INFINITIVES
Infinitives are verbs with “to” in front of them. They are not verbs.
They have to kill the zombies.
I want to escape from Woodbury.

15. People are sleeping in that house.
BEWARE: NOT VERBS
GERUNDS
Gerunds are verbs that end in “-ing”. They do not function as main verbs,
People are sleeping in that house.
Infinitives and gerunds operate as nouns. Infinitives and gerunds will ALWAYS be accompanied by a main or state-of-being verb.

16. They often end with the letters "ly."
ADVERBS
words usually used to tell us more about (describe or modify) verbs, although they can be used to tell us more about adjectives or adverbs.
They often end with the letters "ly."
i.e. Jimmy shoots pool carefully. Jimmy played a very good game. Jimmy plays pool very well.

17. CONJUNCTIONS
Linking words used to join groups of words together and in particular to join clauses together.
ie. because, for, and, or, yet, but, so, if
Jimmy will play pool with you if you want.
Jimmy walked to the store, and he talked with the manager for an hour.

18. Preposition
A linking word that indicates spatial, temporal, or logical relationship between words, phrases, or clauses
ie. to, on, for, when, before, under, over
Jimmy will play pool with you if you want.
Jimmy walked to the store, and he talked with the manager for an hour.

19. Interjections
An expression or remark that indicates strong feelings. ie. Wow! Gee! Oh my! Gee, I never thought of driving my car like that! Wow! Who would have thought that Suicide Squad would be so disappointing!

20. Some Video resources:
Grammar Rap: Ian’s Video: &v=Hcg5urorO7o