8 Parts of Speech PDF

## 8 PARTS OF SPEECH ### What should we know? There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence. A...

## 8 PARTS OF SPEECH ### What should we know? There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence. An individual word can function as more than one part of speech when used in different circumstances. Understanding parts of speech is essential for determining the correct definition of a word when using the dictionary. ### What are the 8 Parts of Speech? 1. Noun 2. Pronoun 3. Verb 4. Adjective 5. Adverb 6. Preposition 7. Conjunction 8. Interjection ### Parts of Speech Match Up!!! **Instruction:** The facilitator will show a series of words and the student will type down the words from the word bank under the proper parts of speech it represents. **Word bank:** | | | | | | |----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|---------------| | Man | Charming | They | Rarely | Perfectly | | Since | Nor | Woman | Dance | Whom | | Oh My God! | Toward | But | Ooh! | Teacher | | He | She | Eat | Cruel | So | ### 1. NOUN A noun is a word for a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns are often used with an article (the, a, an), but not always. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter; common nouns do not. **Example:** Person: Man, Woman, Teacher Place: Home, Office, Town Thing: Table, Car, Banana, money, music, etc. ### 2. PRONOUN A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. A pronoun is usually substituted for a specific noun, which is called its antecedent. **Example:** He, she, they, yours, himself, herself, me, we, ourselves, who, whom, my, that, etc. ### 3. VERB The verb in a sentence expresses action or being. There is a main verb and sometimes one or more helping verbs. **Example:** run, dance, slide, jump, think, eat, walk, do, go, stand, write, draw, paint, sing, play, watch, etc. ### 4. ADJECTIVE An adjective is a word used to modify or describe a noun or a pronoun. It usually answers the question of which one, what kind, or how many. **Example:** Charming, cruel, fantastic, gentle, huge, perfect, pretty, rough, sharp, ugly, short, long, etc. ### 5. ADVERB An adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, but never a noun. It usually answers the questions of when, where, how, why, under what conditions, or to what degree. Adverbs often end in -ly. **Example:** fully, almost, secretly, normally, occasionally, seldom, rarely, usually, frequently, badly, greatly, cheerfully, wishfully, grimly, eagerly, etc. ### 6. PREPOSITION A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence. Therefore a preposition is always part of a prepositional phrase. **Example:** Aboard, about, above, across, along, among, like, into, plus, via, with, since, toward, against, besides, despite, etc. ### 7. CONJUNCTION A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses, and indicates the relationship between the elements joined. Coordinating conjunctions connect grammatically equal elements: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet. **Example:** and, but, nor, or, for, so, yet, etc. ### 8. INTERJECTION An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by an exclamation point. **Example:** Psst!, Ooh!, Sorry!, Tut-tut!, Very well!, Rah!, Sigh!, Hum!, Whoope!, Curses!, Gee!, Whatever!, Duh, Etc.