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Objectives:Objectives:

To introduce to the concept of parts of speech To introduce to the concept of parts of speech in language. in language.

to give the students a working vocabulary and to give the students a working vocabulary and a way to improve their grasp of grammar. a way to improve their grasp of grammar.

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In the English language . . .In the English language . . . There are 8 parts of speech . . .There are 8 parts of speech . . . NounsNouns VerbsVerbs PronounsPronouns AdjectivesAdjectives AdverbsAdverbs ConjunctionsConjunctions PrepositionsPrepositions InterjectionsInterjections

It is important to understand that every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role in the sentence.

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Noun:person, place,thing or Noun:person, place,thing or qualityquality

Person: Person: Mr. GarciaMr. Garcia likes to eat spinach. likes to eat spinach.

Place: Place: Bagan SeraiBagan Serai is an old town. is an old town.

Thing: To cook you need a couple of Thing: To cook you need a couple of pots.pots.

Quality: Quality: HonestyHonesty is a great value to possess. is a great value to possess.

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Verb: shows action or state of Verb: shows action or state of beingbeing

Action: He Action: He was runningwas running through the forest. through the forest.

State of being: He State of being: He was sadwas sad that particular that particular morning. morning.

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Pronoun: takes the place of a Pronoun: takes the place of a nounnoun

Guillermo was studying for the mid-term exam when Guillermo was studying for the mid-term exam when hehe realized that it was three o’clock in the morning. realized that it was three o’clock in the morning.

(There are actually many types of pronouns: personal, (There are actually many types of pronouns: personal, interrogative,demonstrative, indefinite, relative, interrogative,demonstrative, indefinite, relative, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal)possessive, reflexive, reciprocal)

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Adjective: describes a nounAdjective: describes a noun

The The beautifulbeautiful woman only wanted a couple of woman only wanted a couple of pairs of shoes. pairs of shoes.

The The rainy rainy day made us even sadder. day made us even sadder.

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Adverb: describes a verbAdverb: describes a verb

The little girl walked The little girl walked happilyhappily through the through the park.park.

The orphan The orphan hungrilyhungrily ate the hot stew. ate the hot stew.

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Conjunctions: words that join Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentenceswords, phrases or sentences

Manuel Manuel andand Marisol loved to cook. Marisol loved to cook.

You will go to school, You will go to school, or or you will fail. you will fail.

I am happy I am happy because because I just received my check.I just received my check.

It has been cloudy It has been cloudy since since the morning. the morning.

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Article: There are only three articles--the, a , anArticle: There are only three articles--the, a , an (Actually, articles are adjectives and not a different (Actually, articles are adjectives and not a different

part of speech)part of speech) TheThe bicycle was not only red but shiny. bicycle was not only red but shiny.

A A yellow moon always appears in October. yellow moon always appears in October.

AnAn excellent student, Armando passed all his excellent student, Armando passed all his exams.exams.

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Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the relationship between the noun that it takes as an relationship between the noun that it takes as an

object and some other word in the sentence.object and some other word in the sentence.

The cat was The cat was onon the table. the table. The dog was The dog was underunder the table. the table. These are some common prepositions:These are some common prepositions: ForFor onon toto upup atat underunder aboveabove towardtoward WithWith betweenbetween inin behindbehind FromFrom uponupon intointo off off

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Interjections: expressive wordsInterjections: expressive words

WowWow, you knocked that ball out of the park., you knocked that ball out of the park. OhOh, you really need to take care of yourself. , you really need to take care of yourself. HuhHuh, what did you say?, what did you say? Ah,Ah, now I understand the problem. now I understand the problem.

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Identify each word in the Identify each word in the following sentencefollowing sentence

The beautiful queen was walking slowly on The beautiful queen was walking slowly on the cool lawn, and she was reading a long the cool lawn, and she was reading a long book about knights and kings which she book about knights and kings which she enjoyed. enjoyed.

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The beautiful queen was walking slowly The beautiful queen was walking slowly article adjective noun verb verb adverbarticle adjective noun verb verb adverb

on the cool lawn, and she was reading aon the cool lawn, and she was reading a preposition article adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb verb article preposition article adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb verb article

long book about knights and kings which long book about knights and kings which adjective noun preposition noun conjunction noun prepositionadjective noun preposition noun conjunction noun preposition

she enjoyed. she enjoyed. Pronoun verbPronoun verb

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Assignment: Identify parts of Assignment: Identify parts of speech speech 1. The queen knew that she would be the only pretty 1. The queen knew that she would be the only pretty woman at the party.woman at the party.

2. The king did not know if he was going to make 2. The king did not know if he was going to make the cake, and he was afraid to tell the queen. the cake, and he was afraid to tell the queen.

3. The thin waitress told the customers that they 3. The thin waitress told the customers that they desperately needed to go on a diet. desperately needed to go on a diet.

4. I ran many miles every day, and I couldn’t lose a 4. I ran many miles every day, and I couldn’t lose a pound.pound.

5. This quiz was a piece of cake.5. This quiz was a piece of cake.