Parts of Speech Review

You will be asked to complete a project with this information after

the presentation!

CA ELA Standards

WOC 1.3-

Demonstrate knowledge and application of the eight parts

of speech

*Nouns• A noun names a person, place,

thing or idea.

Nouns

Examples:Persons veterinarian, Dr. Lee, friendPlaces school, Hilton Head Island, Grand CanyonThings pencil, paper, notebook, deskIdeas

excitement, anger, joy

*Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

Examples: I, we, he, them, and it.

Instead of: Susie has a dog.

With Pronoun: She has a dog.

*Verbs

A verb is a word used to express an action or a state of being.

The two main types of verbs are

action (tells what a subject does)

and

linking (links subject to another word)

Verbs

Examples:

An action verb tells what its subject does. The action it expresses can be either physical or mental.

The students opened their lockers!

Verbs

A linking verb links its subject to a word in the predicate. The most common linking verbs are forms of the verb be.

Forms of be: be, am is, are, was, were, been, being

The students were excited about starting school!

*Adjectives

An adjective is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or a pronoun.

Example: The apple is big, green, and juicy.

*Adverbs

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb (1), an adjective (2), or another adverb (3).

Examples:

1) Explorers eagerly chase adventure.

2) Some explores visit amazingly beautiful places.

3) Others quite bravely explore the unknown-space.

*Prepositions

A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.

Prepositions…..Think Table!!!!

The cat sleeps on the bed.

*Conjunctions

A conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words.

FANBOYS

Cats are intelligent and playful.

*Interjections

Interjections are words or phrases used to express emotion.

Wow, there’s a monster lizard.

Gee Whiz! That was a cool movie!

Review

Can you name the 8 parts of speech?

Assignment

• Create a foldable chart, which reviews each of the 8 parts of speech. For each part of speech include the definition, and an example sentence.

• Underline the corresponding part of speech in your sentence.

• Foldable charts will be attached to notebooks.

Parts of Speech Practice!

Complete the following in your notebook (must write out sentence)

Page 196: Exercise 6Page 211: Exercise 3Page 211: Exercise 6Page 217: Exercise 14Page 235: Exercise 9….a red what? Page 243: Exercise 23Page 249: Exercise 3 (see chart on page 246)Page 260: Exercise 5Page 264: Exercise 15