The document introduces the 8 parts of speech - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech, and encourages practicing identifying parts of speech through activities analyzing song lyrics and listing favorite nouns, verbs, and their modifiers.
The document introduces the 8 parts of speech - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech, and encourages practicing identifying parts of speech through activities analyzing song lyrics and listing favorite nouns, verbs, and their modifiers.
The document introduces the 8 parts of speech - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech, and encourages practicing identifying parts of speech through activities analyzing song lyrics and listing favorite nouns, verbs, and their modifiers.
The document introduces the 8 parts of speech - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. It provides examples and definitions for each part of speech, and encourages practicing identifying parts of speech through activities analyzing song lyrics and listing favorite nouns, verbs, and their modifiers.
used. • The difference between one part of speech an another is the role the word is performing.
Books are made of paper, and glue.
"books" is a noun, the subject of the sentence
Deborah waits while Ana books the tickets.
"books" is a verb, and its subject is “Ana" How many parts of speech do we have?
What parts of speech do you know? The 8 Parts of Speech Nouns and Pronouns NOUNS PRONOUNS
• Nouns are words that
name “people, places, • Pronouns are words things” . that replace nouns in • Being able to spot nouns is a sentence. important because the • There are many subject of a sentence is pronoun categories. ALWAYS a noun or a pronoun. • Ex: I, he, she, it, you, me, her, him, • Ex: diamonds, Puntarenas, my, your, us, them, sugar, love, Laura, chair, water, rain, sun, etc. we, they, etc. Verbs express either action, or state-of-being. The first kind of verb is called an action verb. The second kind is called a linking verb.
A verb tells what the subject
VERBS is doing or what is being done to the subject, even if the subject is just existing and not doing anything.
Verbs are concerned with
TENSE (conjugations) and AGREEMENT (with its subject). A list of common verbs Adjectives
Adjectives are descriptive
words. Words that describe or modify nouns in the sentence. The articles— a, an, and the — are also adjectives. Other less descriptive adjectives show which one or how many: that, his, enough, every
• the friendly man
• the flowery garden • a solid commitment • a six-year-old child Adverbs They are words that modify (say something) 1. A verb: Adverbs often tell when, • He drove slowly. (How did he drive? ) where, why, or under what 2. An adjective: conditions something • He drove a very fast car.(How fast happens or happened. was his car?) 3. Another adverb: • She moved quite slowly down the aisle. (How slowly did she move?) Usually end in –ly: Slowly, confidently lovely, lonely, friendly Conjunctions
• A conjunction is a joiner, a word
that connects parts of a sentence. Coordinating Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions • These are the simple and short conjunctions. For And Nor But Or Yet So
Remember this: FANBOYS
Example: Sandy wants to travel, but he does not have money Interjections!
Words or phrases used
to exclaim or protest -Wow! She won the lottery! or command. -Oh, I don't know about it.
-Yikes! you shouldn't do this.
-Hey! What’s up?
Prepositions
• They express relationships • A cat can be on the
between other words, desk, under a tree, usually nouns, including inside a box, behind time and space. your bed, over the • They’re used to locate roof, up in the air… something/someone in time, space and/or places. • A pointer: a preposition is anywhere a cat can be. A list of common prepositions ACTIVITY 1 • Listen to and watch the video “7 rings” by Ariana Grande. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOApBO HeBHg
Practice • Spot the following parts of speech:
• Nouns time! • Pronouns • Verbs • Adverbs • Adjectives • Classify the words. Look for a creative way to classify them. Practice time!
• Activity 2: • Ariana Grande went for lashes and diamonds, and rings; what are a few of your favorite things? List your favorite five nouns! Example: My favorite nouns are books, friends, movies, drinks, family. Practice time!
• Activity 3: • Think of an adjective to describe each of your favorite nouns. • What would be the correct pronoun for each of your nouns? • List your five favorite verbs. • Now think of an adverb to modify each verb.
