1. Parts of speech mini-lesson
Ms. Stephens
World Literature

2. Noun
-a person, place, thing, idea, concept
-only part of speech that can be plural
-is described by an adjective or determiner (A, An, The, etc.)
-comes AFTER an adjective/determiner in a sentence

3. Pronoun A word that replaces a noun.
Example: he, she, it, we, they, them, us, me, you, I
-There are no new pronouns!

4. Verb -words that describe action -doing words
-only part of speech that can be past tense!
-There are new verbs invented all the time!

5. Adjective -Describing words -modify (describe) nouns
-come BEFORE nouns in a sentence
-quite often end in “-y” and “-ish”
-There are new adjectives invented all the time!

6. Adverb
-modify verbs (meaning they come BEFORE OR AFTER verbs in a sentence; they can move around)
-tell us when, where, how, in what manner, to what extent an action is performed
-often end in “-ly”
Example: happily, exactly, very

7. Preposition
-shows relationship between nouns and other parts of the sentence
Example: on, with, by, in, into
-There are no new prepositions!

8. Conjunction -join words/groups of words together Example: and, or, but
-FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
-There are no new conjunctions!

9. Herbicidal  adjective
The suffix “-al” turns a noun into an adjective (e.g. bride  bridal, globe global, etc.).
Generalize – “-ize” = General (adjective)
The suffix “-ize” indicates that a word is a verb (e.g. special  specialize, hospital  hospitalize, etc.).
Quirk + “-y” = Quirky (adjective)
The suffix “-y” (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH “-LY”) indicates that a word is an adjective (e.g. jump  jumpy, balm  balmy, etc)

10. Examples
My Mom used an ____________ in the garden to kill all the unwanted weeds. (herbicide/herbicidal)
It’s not wise to ___________ groups of people before getting to know them individually. (general/generalize)
I would describe Nicki Minaj’s style as _______ because it’s unique to her. (quirk/quirky)

11. Inarticulate  adjective
The prefix “-in” is placed in front of an adjective to mean “not” (e.g. inarticulate means not articulate)
The suffix “-ly” is attached to an adjective to turn it into an adverb.
Inarticulate + -ly = inarticulately (adverb)

12. Examples
The freshman class president spoke ___________ about her plans to reform the school’s dress code policy in her successful speech yesterday.
In my experience, many people oppose equal pay for women are ignorant and ___________ in voicing their opinions.