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.

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