Post on 30-Dec-2015
HONORS ENGLISH I Parts of Speech….A QUICK Review
EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH The following (silly) sentence contains ALL eight parts of
speech. See if you can correctly label each word with the correct part of speech:
But gosh, you are really in terrible trouble!
Eight parts of speech: Noun
Adjective Verb
Adverb Preposition
Conjunction Interjection
AND THE CORRECT ANSWER IS…
But (conjunction) gosh (interjection) you (pronoun) are (verb) really (adverb) in (preposition) terrible (adjective) trouble (noun)
How did you do??
NOUN
a person, place, thing, or idea
common noun—starts with a lowercase letter; does not refer to one specific type
city girl religion
proper noun—starts with a capital letter; refers to one specific type
Memphis Molly Methodist
ADJECTIVE
describes a noun
can come before or after the noun pink sweater The sweater is pink.
VERB
an action word; tells you what’s going on She sells seashells.
transitive verbs need an object to make sense Henry raises llamas.
intransitive verbs make sense without an object Flowers bloom.
ADVERB
describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
He snorted loudly. describing a verb
He is very loud. describing an adjective
He snorted very loudly. describing an adverb
PREPOSITION
positions or situates words in relation to one another usually comes before a noun or pronoun
My cousin is from Philly.
Most used prepositions: about, above, across, after, against, ahead of, along, among,
around, as, at, away from, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, of, off, on, onto, out, out of, outside, over, past, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, until, up, upon, with, within, without
(Choose a few common prepositions to write down.)
CONJUNCTION
a connecting word found at the “junction” where
words/phrases/clauses/sentences are joined Most familiar conjunctions:
and, but, or
And it’s fine to start a sentence with one. But not too often. Or you’ll overdo it. And definitely do not do it on the OGT!
INTERJECTION
a word or words expressing a sudden rush of feeling My word! Help! Wow! Oh, no!
Information in this PowerPoint has been borrowed from
O’Conner, Patricia T. Woe Is I. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996.
Print.