Parts of Speech: Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective · Adverb Details to Know An intensifier is an...
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English Grammar
Parts of Speech:
Noun, Verb,
Adverb, Adjective*Modified by Deanna Blackshire 2013-2014
Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Interjections
Word that names
A Person
An Idea
A Thing
A Place
Kinds of Nouns
**Common Nouns boy
girl
**Proper Nouns
John
Mary
Singular Nouns boy
girl
Plural Nouns
boys
girls
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Plural Possessive
boys’
girls’
Common
general things rather than specific
examples
Boy
Girl
Proper
name used for an individual person, place, or
organization
McDonalds
Woodgrove High School
American Red Cross
Concrete
words used for actual things you can touch,
see, taste, feel, and hear
book
bell
flower
lake
Abstract
referring to ideas, concepts, emotions, and
other “things” you can’t physically interact
with
independence
curiosity
pride
uncertainty
sadness
Collective
word that refers to a group
Team
Pack
Herd
Staff
Family
Yet More Types of Nouns…
Compound(made of two+ words)*One word Compounds: airplane, sunlight, keyboard
*Two word compounds:rain forest, parking lot, City Hall
*Hyphenated Compoundsmother-in-law, fade-out
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A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement “be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
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Every sentence must have
a
Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs express
mental or physical
action.
Linking verbs make a
statement by
connecting the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to
victory.He has been sick.
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Action Verbs express both
physical and mental actions.
Action verbs with a direct object
are called a transitive verb. If
there is NOT a direct object, then
it is called an intransitive verb.
Ex) She locked the door. (T)
She ran. (I) –no direct object
Linking verbs ‘link’ or connect a
subject to a predicate. There are
two groups of linking verbs.
Group 1: Forms of ‘to be’:
is, am, are, was, were, been,
being
Group 2: Words that express a
condition: look, feel, smell,
sound, taste, grow, appear,
become, seem, remain
Ex) She seemed excited.
Ex) I am happy.
Auxiliary Verbs - AKA Helping Verbs - create verb phrases
and are used to express correct tense or to indicate that an
action is directed at a subject.
Examples:
The stadium is filled to capacity.
We should save a seat for Jeff.
Common Auxiliary Verbs:
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be have might shall will
can may must should would
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Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes
Did you lose your address
book?
Answers these questions:
Adjective 411 – a bit more
• This, that, these and those are adjectives that
answer “Which one?”
• Some, more, and less are adjectives that
answer “How much?”
• A proper adjective is formed from proper
nouns. They are capitalized and often end in
• -n, -ian, -an, -ese, and –ish. Ex: American
embassy, Canadian border, Swedish meatballs
•Articles a, an, and the are considered
adjectives too.
•A and an are indefinite articles that
refer to one of a general group.
•The is a definite article referring to a
specific noun.
Articles are Adjectives?
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Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions:
He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.
We went there.
It was too hot! To what degree or how much?
Interrogative
Adverbsintroduce questions
such as
How did you break your
leg?
How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
Adverb Details to Know
Adverbs frequently end in –ly
Below are some adverbs that do NOT have –ly at the end
afterward fast low often today
already forth more slow tomorrow
also hard near sometimes too
back instead next still yet
even late not straight
far long now then
Adverb Details to Know
An intensifier is an emphasis adverb; most
usually comes before the adjectives or
adverbs it is modifying.
Here is a list of commonly used intensifiers.
extremely most quite so
truly just nearly rather
somewhat very more only
really too
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