How well do you know yourParts of Speech?

Nouns

There are 6 different types of nouns.

All nouns will be either

1. Common: general name for a person, place, thing, or an idea. They are not capitalized.

OR

2. Proper: the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. They are ALWAYS capitalized.

All nouns will be either3. Concrete: name something that is tangible

(can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, or tasted)

OR

4. Abstract: names an idea, a condition, or a feeling or something that is not tangible

All nouns will be either

5. Singular: one person, place, thing, or idea

OR

6. Plural: more than one person, place, thing, or idea (generally denotes with an “s” or “es” at the end of the noun)

Nouns MAY BE one of these:

7. Compound: noun made up of more than one word (railroad, notebook, station wagon)

8. Collective: singular noun that represents a group or collection (team, pack, jury)

9. Gerunds: verbals (ending in –ing) that are working as nouns in a sentence (swimming, running, thinking)

Pronouns are EVERYWHERE!

Don’t get bogged down by this…

Use your brain and make connections to what you already know!

1. Personal: Takes the place of common and proper nouns (must have an antecedent!)

Personal Pronouns Singular Plural

1st Person: the person or people speaking or writing

I, meMy, mine

We, usOur, ours

2nd Person: the person or people being spoken or written to

YouYour, yours

YouYour, yours

3rd Person: the person, people, or things being spoken or written about

She, her, He, him, ItHis, her, hers

They, themTheir, theirs

Pronouns: take the place of a noun

Personal Pronouns have two forms: 2. Subject form 3. Object from

Singular Plural

Subject: whom or what the sentence is about(also called Nominative)

I, you, he, she, itWho, whoever

We, you, theyWho, whoever

Object: who or what received the action

Me, you, her, him, itWhom, whomever

Us, you, themWhom, whoever

Other types of pronouns

4. Demonstrative Pronouns: point things out or “demonstrate” (This, That, These, Those)

5. Interrogative Pronouns: used to ask questions. (What, Who, Whom, Whose, Which)

6. Relative Pronouns: relate clauses to the rest of the sentence (That, Who, Whom, Whose, Which)

7. Reflexive/Intensive: refer back to the subject or “intensify” (Myself, Yourself, Herself, Himself, Itself,

Ourselves, Yourselves, Themselves)

8. Indefinite Pronouns refer to something that is unspecified.

Verbs

There are three types of verbs.

Three types of verbs:

1. Action Verbs: Express action that a noun can do! (jump, think, swim, write, watch)

2. Linking Verbs: Do NOT express action. They connect (link) the subject to more information about the subject.

3. Helping verbs: have no meaning on their own. They help out the main verb.

Most common linking verbs

• The forms of “to be”– Am– Are– Is– Was– Were– Being– Been– Be

Helping Verbs

• Am, Are, Is, Was, Were, Being, Been, Be• Have, Has, Had• Do, Does, Did• Shall, Should, Will, Would• May, Might, Must, Can, Could

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL3FD89C6396B9858A&edufilter=R77X1Y45qK10Rul3kxVhMw

What’s the difference?• Adverbs: describe verbs, adjectives, or

adverbs– Answer: How? When? Where? Why? To

what extent?

• Adjectives: describe nouns or pronouns– Answer: Which one? What kind? How

many/much?

• http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=159876

Prepositions• A preposition shows a relationship between

two things. • Work in phrase as adjectives or adverbs

• Location (on, under, in)• Timing (before, after, during)• Direction (from, toward, to)

Conjunctions:Combine sentences, phrases, or

clauses• F FOR• A AND• N NOR• B BUT• O OR• Y YET• S SOhttp://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=159879

Interjections

1. Words that are “interjected” into a sentence to express emotion (set off with an exclamation point or comma

http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Interjections_&video_id=159691