2. Click on one of the eight parts of speech listed below to view a slide with a description, example, and video of that particular part of speech. Home Resources Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections Quit

3. About this PowerPoint Quit This is an Interactive PowerPoint designed to help students learn the eight parts of speech. There is a slide for each part of speech that includes a definition, example and video about that particular part of speech. The definitions and examples have been taken from resources online. These resources include worksheets that could be used along with this presentation. Schoolhouse Rock videos have been used to increase student interest in grammar. Students can go through the whole presentation or use the home page to navigate to a certain part of speech if they want to focus on a certain area or need extra help learning about that part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGuDYHmc8_Y

4. Nouns A noun is a person, a place, or a thing. Ex. Jimmy read a book in the park. Jimmy is a noun because it is a person’s name. Book is a noun because it is a thing. Park is a noun because it is a place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kcJzh6gqGM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JAdVkRPhQ Quit

5. Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Ex. John rode on John’s tractor. New sentence: John rode on his tractor. His takes the place of John’s to make the sentence sound better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp0YfAUEcH4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh62KQ7mujA Quit

6. Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Ex. The tall man went into the restaurant. Tall is an adjective. It describes a noun, man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_TmWClYse0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_qLipylis Quit

7. Verbs A verb is a word that shows what something or someone is doing. Ex. Mary sleeps on the couch. Sleeps is a verb because it shows what Mary does. Linking Verbs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaaz5IIsug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzYw Quit

8. Adverbs An adverb can tell how, when, or where an action happened. Ex. Jason quickly read the book. How did Jason read? Quickly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKw1j7sZni0 Quit

9. Conjunctions Conjunctions connect words, phrases, clauses, or even entire sentences. Ex. Grapes are purple or green. Or is the conjunction. It connects purple and green. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEm0ljpIUAk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc Quit

10. Prepositions Prepositions are words that specify place, direction or time. Ex. The ball rolled under the table. Under is a preposition because it specifies place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byszemY8Pl8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlMxxK3hjbQ Quit

11. Interjections Interjections express feelings or emotions. They are at the beginning of a sentence followed by ! or, Ex. Sorry, I didn’t mean to step on your toe. Sorry is an interjection. It is at the beginning of the sentence and it expresses a feeling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ0696UhWrc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09jQbGtAR98 Quit

12. Eight Parts of Speech 8 Parts of Speech – Flocabulary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGuDYHmc8_Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGuDYHmc8_Y Quit