1. Parts of Speech Nouns Prepositions Pronouns Conjunctions
Verbs Interjections
Adjectives
Adverbs

2. Nouns Person: sister, president, child, mother
Definition: a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Person: sister, president, child, mother
Place: park, zoo, school, city
Things: book, banana, car, notebook
Ideas: honesty, truth, love, progress

3. NOUNS… continued
Common Noun names any person, place, thing or idea. movie
Proper Noun names a specific person, place, thing or idea. President Obama
Concrete Noun names things you can see or touch
Abstract Noun names ideas, qualities, and feelings that can’t be seen or touched.

4. Pronouns Pronoun- a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.
Personal Pronoun- pronouns that refer to people or things: I, we, she, he, it, they, you, us, me
Possessive Pronoun- pronouns that show who or what has something: my, your, her, his, its, our, their, mine
ANTECEDENT- the word a pronoun refers to in a sentence. The word antecedent means “going before.”

5. Pronouns…continued
Indefinite Pronouns- does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing: another, anybody, anything, each, no one, everyone, everything, one, much, nobody, nothing, somebody, someone, something
Interrogative Pronouns- pronouns used to introduce an interrogative sentence: who, whom, which, what, whose
Demonstrative Pronouns- pronoun that points out something: this, these, that, those

6. Verbs
Action verbs- expresses an action and can be made up of more than one word. shout, have memorized
Physical action verbs examples: arrive, run, dance, sing
Mental action verbs examples: forget, think, appreciate, remember
Helping verbs: be, is, am, are, was, were, have, has, had, do
Linking verbs: be (am, is, are, was, were), become, seem, appear, look, taste, feel, smell, sound, grow, remain, stay

7. adjectives Adjectives- describes people, places, things and ideas.
Describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun only
Proper Adjective: adjective formed from proper nouns: Florida oranges, American history
Articles: a special group of adjectives : a, an, the

8. adverbs
Adverbs- modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb and most are formed by adding –ly to an adjective.
Adverbs may tell how or in what manner an action is done.
May tell where and in what direction an action is done.
Adverbs modify verbs: How- easily, sadly, completely When- soon, now, never Where- here, there, everywhere, above
Adverbs modify adjective: How- extremely, very, quickly To what extent- unusually, quite

9. prepositions
Preposition- a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence
Prepositional phrase- a group of words that begins with a [preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun (the object of the preposition)]
Example:
Hang the painting [outside the new auditorium].
[Between the chair and the table] was a window.
David joined the group [inside the new sports center].

10. Common prepositions about above across after among around
as at before behind below beneath
beside beyond but (except) by down during except for from in inside into
like near of off on onto
out outside over past since through
throughout to toward under until up
upon with within without

11. More prepositions Some prepositions contain more than one word:
according to aside from in front of instead of
across from because of in place of on account of
along with except for in spite of on top of

12. conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunction- a word used to connect compound parts of a sentence.
And, but, or, nor and for- so and yet are used sometimes.
Correlative Conjunction- pairs of words used to connect compound parts of speech.
Both…and, either…or, neither…nor, and not only…but also

13. Interjections aha alas gee good grief great ha hey hooray no oh
Interjection- a word or group of words that express emotion. It has no grammatical connection to other words in the sentence.
Common Interjections:
aha alas gee good grief great
ha hey hooray no oh
oops ouch well wow yes

14. Label each words part of speech in the following sentences.
The duck has soft down on the back.
Good Grief! My favorite restaurant has closed.
The doctor examined the patient and the nurse took notes.
The astronaut cares for his equipment himself.