1. 8 Parts of Speech REVIEW: Eleventh Grade

2. N O U N S Noun: Person, place, thing, or idea
Common nouns: name any one of a group
Proper nouns: a particular
Concrete nouns: can be perceived through senses
Abstract nouns: idea, feeling, quality, character
Compound nouns: two or more words used to form a single noun
Collective nouns: names a group

3. P R O N O U N S
Pronoun: used in place of one or more nouns or other pronouns
Note: The word the pronoun refers to is an antecedent. An antecedent is usually either a noun or pronoun.
The apple is good. It is very sweet.
Personal pronouns: refers to one speaking, spoken to, spoken about
1st: I, me, mine, we, us, ours
2nd: you, your, yours
3rd: he/him/his, she/her/hers, it/its, they, them, their(s)
Person pronouns are always pronouns,
never adjectives
1st: I, me, mine, we, us, ours
2nd: you, your, yours
3rd: he/him/his, she/her/hers, it/its, they, them, their(s)
Person pronouns are always pronouns, never adjectives]

4. P R O N O U N S 2nd:yourself, yourselves
Intensive: emphasizes with no real grammatical function
Albert himself organized the fundraiser.
1st:myself, ourselves
2nd:yourself, yourselves
3rd: himself, herself, itself, themselves
NEVER “theirselves”
1st: myself, ourself
2nd: yourself, yourselves
3rd: himself, herself, itself, themselves

5. P R O N O U N S
Demonstrative pronoun: used to point out a specific noun
Examples: this, that, these, those
Interrogative pronoun: introduces a question
Examples: who, whom, which, what, whose
Relative pronoun: introduces a subordinate clause (fragment set off by a comma)
Examples: that, which, who, whom, whose
Demonstrative: (this, that, these, those)
The brownies I made taste better than those.
Interrogative: ( who, whom, which, what, whose)
Which of the songs are your favorite?
Relative: (that, which, who, whom, whose)
Isabel is my friend who is training for the New York Marathon

6. P R O N O U N S
Indefinite Pronouns: refers to one or more people, places, or things
All
Another
Anybody
Anything
Both
Such
Something
No one
Nothing
Nobody
One
Other
Several
Some
Somebody
Each
Either
Everyone
Everything
Everybody
Few
Many
Most
More
Much
Neither
None
COMPLETE P.490 EX 2, RV B

7. A D J E C T I V E S Adjective : word used to modify a noun or pronoun
__________ report
__________ sale
__________ hair
__________ students
tells “what kind,” “which one,” and “how many” \
tells “what kind,” “which one,” and “how many”

8. A D J E C T I V E S
Demonstrative Adjectives: when “this, that, these, those” modify nouns/pronouns
Demonstrative Adjective:
Let’s take these sandwiches and those apples on our picnic.
Remember: when this, that, these, those take place of nouns they are called demonstrative pronouns
Demonstrative Pronoun:
This is mine and that is his.

9. A D J E C T I V E S MOST frequently used adjectives: articles!
A, An, The
An apple, a towel, the car
P. 494 EX 3, RV 5
- PN vs ADJ quiz

10. V E R B Verb: word used to express action or state of being
When identifying verbs in a sentence, include the ENTIRE verb phrase!
Action verb: expresses either physical or mental action
Linking verbs: connect subject to a word that describes the subject
Forms of “to be” am
being be is
are
was
were
shall be
will be
has been
have been
had been
should be
would be
can be
could be

11. V E R B Helping Verbs: words used in a verb phrase can could do did
does
had
has
have
may
might
must
shall
should
will
would
p. 499 EX 4 – identify only
Examples: James does not think that the teacher will be late. He must have received a phone call.

12. A D V E R B S Adverbs: modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
an -ly ending is not a guarantee that a word is an adverb
Tell how, when, where, to what extent
Marian Anderson performed magnificently.
How
Marian Anderson performed earlier.
When
Marian Anderson performed there.
Where
Marian Anderson performed widely.
To what extent
-p.501 EX C, RV D P.502 RV E

13. A D V E R B S Noun or adverb? They returned to their home.
They returned home before noon
Yesterday was a good day.
The teacher reviewed what had been covered yesterday.
When identifying POS, identify adverb words that modify verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
1.Noun
2. Adverb

14. C O N J U N C T I O N S
Conjunction: word that joins words or word groups
Coordinating conjunctions: joins word groups that are used in the same way
Examples: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
Correlative Conjunctions: pairs of conjunctions that joins word groups in the same way
- Both/and - either/or
- not only/but also - whether/or
- neither/nor
Coordinating: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet (FANBOYS)
Correlative:
Both/and
either/or
not only/but also
whether/or
neither/nor

15. Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunction begins a subordinate clause and connects it to an independent clause.
Sub /Indpt Clause + Conj + Sub/Indpt Clause
Careful! These words can sometimes be
prepositions!
After
Although As
As well as
Because
Before
Even though
How It
Provided
Since
So that
Than
That
Though
Unless
Until
When
Whenever
Where
Wherever
Whether
While
Why

16. P R E P O S I T I O N
Preposition: shows relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word
Think of a cat and a tree: Behind, Around, Off, Over, Across, Beneath, Out, Under, By, In, Near, Upon
Careful: some prepositions can be adverbs when used at the end of a sentence
The runner fell behind. (ooooh…adverb)

17. P R E P O S I T I O N
Compound preposition: two or more words working together to form a preposition
according to
in back of
ahead of
in case of
along with
in front of
as for
instead of
by way of
out of
due to
up to
except for
with the exception of
in addition to
in spite of
because of
in regard to
away from

18. I N T E R J E C T I O N S
Interjections: expresses emotion, have no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence
Examples:
Ouch! Hey! Wow! Cool!
P. 508 RV G P.509 CHAPTER RV
-POS worksheet reviews A,B,C,D
- POS workbook review 21-24
- POS quiz reviews A,B,C,D