2. PARTS OF SPEECH

3. ANSWER: QUESTION: HOW MANY PARTS OF SPEECH ARE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? A.4 B.6 C.8

4. ANSWER: QUESTION: HOW MANY PARTS OF SPEECH ARE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? A.4 B.6 C. 8

5. 1. articles 2. nouns 3. pronouns 4. adjectives 5. verbs 6. adverbs 7. conjunctions 8. prepositions PARTS OF SPEECH

6. This is easy. The three articles of the English language are: A An The PARTS OF SPEECH ARTICLES

7. PARTS OF SPEECH NOUN A noun is a PERSON PLACE THING IDEA

8. PARTS OF SPEECH PRONOUNS A pronoun takes the place of a noun. There are many types of pronouns, but in eighth grade you must only be aware of personal pronouns – he, she, it, them, for example – and how they are used. Sentence: Hello, this is (she, her).

9. a word that describes a noun, pronoun, or other adjective Examples: three, red, big, small Sentence: Kevin has a big, red book. PARTS OF SPEECH ADJECTIVES

10. Shows action – what the subject is doing. Three types – action, linking, helping Action – He threw the ball. * Linking – He is red. Helping – He could be the ball. PARTS OF SPEECH VERBS

11. word that describes a verb, adverb, or adjective Adverbs answer the questions where, when, how, and to what extent. Note: If you see a word that ends in ‘ly,’ it is an adverb 99 percent of the time. PARTS OF SPEECH ADVERBS

12. A word that connects or links Examples of commonly used conjunctions: but, yet, or, and PARTS OF SPEECH CONJUNCTIONS

13. Shows a relationship of one word to another in a sentence Common prepositions: Of, by, in, to, under, over Example sentence: This class is hiding in the hallway. PARTS OF SPEECH PREPOSITIONS

14. Note: Some grammarians believe there are nine parts of speech. They consider INTERJECTIONS to be No. 9. Interjections show intense emotion. They can be set off by a question mark, an exclamation point, or more commonly, a comma (no pun intended). PARTS OF SPEECH