Parts of Speech # 1

PARTS OF SPEECH STUDY SHEET # 1

1. sentence: A sentence begins with a capital letter and has ending punctuation. Is a complete thought that has a subject and a predicate. e.g. My friend bought a new computer. (subject) (predicate) 2. noun: A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Anything you can see is a noun. e.g. girl, Los Angeles, book, peace.

3. pronoun: A pronoun is used to replace a noun. e.g. he, that, who, it, she Two types of pronouns are nominative case and objective case.  Nominative case pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) are used as subjects of a sentence. Example: He ate the banana.  Objective case pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, and them) are used in the predicate of the sentence as a direct object, indirect object, or object of the preposition.  Examples: Our puppy likes him., Hand her the keys., You can ride with me.

4. adjective: Adjectives describe, modify or add to nouns and pronouns. e.g. big, tall, red, beautiful

5. verb: Verbs are words that express an action or a state of being. Verbs are what you DO! (There are also linking and helping verbs) e.g. talk, run, think, be, is

6. adverb: Adverbs describe, modify, or add to verbs (or adjectives). They usually end in -ly. Adverbs also tell us time and place. e.g. very, carefully, fast, loudly, today.

7. conjunction: Conjunctions connect or join other words, phrases, or clauses. Remember "FANBOYS" to help you remember the coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. e.g. and, but, because, while, or, yet.

8. preposition: Prepositions tell position. Prepositions tell position in place or time 95% of the time. Think of prepositions as anything you can do to a cloud. e.g. on, by, in, to, for, under, about, around, through, with, over.

9. interjection: Interjections show strong or sudden emotion, or excitement. They usually include exclamation marks. If the feeling is not as strong, interjections are followed by a comma. e.g. Ouch!, Oh!, Wonderful! Wow, Hallelujah!

10. article: Articles tell you that a noun is coming. There are only three articles in the world: a, an, or the.

DICTATION SENTENCE TO DIAGRAM

The talented teacher tirelessly tried teaching trigonometry while

twirling around her table.