IVAN CAPP The 8 Parts of Speech Interjection















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IVAN CAPP The 8 Parts of Speech
Interjection • An interjection is a word or phrase used to express EMOTION.
VERBS • A verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being. • There are 3 types of Verbs. – Action Verbs – Linking Verbs – Helping Verbs
Action Verbs • An ACTION VERB tells what the subject does. Physical Action: Run, Jump, swim Mental Action: wish, hope, dream
Linking Verbs • A LINKING VERB links its subject to a word in the predicate. • FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, have, has, had
Helping Verbs • HELPING VERBS help main verbs express action or precise shades of meaning. • Example: Has, have, had • OTHER: could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will
Adjectives • An ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun. • • Adjectives answer 3 questions: What Kind? Which one or ones? How many or How much?
Nouns • A NOUN is a word that names a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA. • Common Nouns: – The general name for a person, place, thing, or idea.
• Proper Nouns: – The name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. – Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized.
Conjunctions • A CONJUNCTION is a word used to join words or groups of words. CONNECTORS
What is FANBOYS? • • For And Nor But Or Yet So
Adverb • An ADVERB is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. • Adverbs answer 4 questions: – How? Suddenly, carefully, sadly – When? Now, later, soon – Where? There, up, ahead – To What Extent? Completely, totally, fully
Pronoun • A PRONOUN is a word that is used in place of a noun. • EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers, my, mine, yours, its, us, ours, theirs
Preposition • A PREPOSITION is a word that shows a relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence. • About, above, across, against, among, around… • Behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down… • Over, under, off, on… • Through, beneath, to, after, • Toward, up, onto, unto, in
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