Parts of Speech The Building Blocks of Language

Parts of Speech: The Building Blocks of Language

Simple reality: nouns + verbs

Descriptive reality: adjectives + adverbs

Connective reality: conjunctions + prepositions

Simple reality Nouns: §concrete nouns -things you can touch or see §abstract nouns -ideas & emotions §proper nouns -names of people, places, things §pronouns -in place of the noun

Nouns Test: jello happiness Saddam they glass regret key alaska imagination Shaq it ant clock music I Glendale

Simple reality Verbs: §action verbs -verbs that show action §linking verbs -verbs that link to description §helping verbs -verbs that ‘help’ other verbs

Action Verbs : Congress voted. The clown laughs. Melissa smokes. We stopped. The movie ended.

Linking verbs: Congress is. divided. The clown was. angry. Melissa seems. sad. We become old. The movie looks good.

Helping verbs: . vote. Congress may angry. . lazy. The clown might sing. Melissa can. try. We would forget. The movie could start.

Verbs Test: I might change my mind. Hurricane Sue seemed strong. The fireman rescued the kitten.

Verbs Test: 1. Diana seems happiersince she broke up with Dan. 2. After the earthquake, the bridge collapsed. confident. 3. During the dog show, the poodle appeared confident. 4. I might skipclass today if I still have a headache. 5. Barry broke his ankle when he slid into second base. afford 6. With $5, 000 dollars in the bank, we can afford a trip. 7. During Nancy’s speech, the class became restless. forget 8. Unfortunately, my grandmother did forget her medicine. 9. The cruise ship sank in the waters off Puerto Rico. party 10. When I graduate from college, I will party for two days.

Descriptive reality Adjectives: Add to the noun red car tall man scary dream

Descriptive reality Adverbs: Add to the verb run quickly think carefully sleep comfortably

Adjectives & Adverbs My sister took the sick dog to the vet. I ran backwards at football practice. The nurse put a new bandage on my leg. The tower in Pisa leans more each year.

Adjectives & Adverbs Test: 1. For years, the picture hung crooked on the wall. laughed out loud when I tripped. 2. My cousin laughed credit 3. The man was arrested for using a stolen credit card. 4. The purple stainruined my favorite shirt. cough 5. The doctor asked me to cough again. spokesoftly on his cell phone. 6. Hector spoke 7. Bad weather prevented us from going to the beach. 8. The hiker encountered a wild pigpig in the woods. 9. My dog barks aggressively at strangers. uniforms. 10. The cheerleaders ordered new uniforms.

Connective reality Conjunctions: to join with and / or but / yet for / so nor

Conjunctions: food right poor defeated neither love rejected bleeding and water or wrong but happy yet optimistic nor money so angry (=therefore) for wounded (=because)

Prepositions: in, on, at, to, of, by, for, with, from above, across, after, against, along, around, among below, beside, behind, beneath, between, beyond inside, outside, into, onto, under, over, through, until

Prepositions: Your wallet is in. in my pocket. My car is parked beside the house. at six o’clock. I will meet you at.

Connective reality Prepositions: in the garden under the umbrellas beside the parking space around six o’clock in the morning at daybreak after the bell rings

Prepositions Test: 1. I took my dog on a walk. 2. The fire truck stopped behind the burning car. 3. Ana left her homework in her backpack. 4. The company must pay its debt before noon. 5. My father got a job at the L. A. zoo.