The Eight Parts of Speech What are the

The Eight Parts of Speech

What are the 8 parts of speech? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections

Nouns • A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. EX: The bakery has fresh baked goods. EX: The dog was happy to see me. EX: Phil Mickelson is a pro golfer. EX: Love is a beautiful thing

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Types of Nouns • Common Noun – A noun that does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. house – EX: The house across the street is vacant. • Proper Noun – A noun that does name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. New York City – EX: New York City is exciting.

Pronouns • A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. • The noun a pronoun replaces is called an antecedent. EX: I, me, my, your, he, she, it, us, we, they, them, his, her, their, mine, our, myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, themselves, ourselves, whose, whom, anybody, anyone, everybody, nobody, someone, somebody.

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Adjectives • An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. • It tells what kind, how many, or which one. • EX: sour limesgreen shirt -

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Verbs • A verb is a word that shows the action, feeling, or state of being in a sentence. Read Paint Run

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Adverbs • An adverb describes how the action is performed. • They tell how much, how often, when and where something is done. • The dolphin jumped quickly from the water. • The man sat alone.

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Conjunctions • A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words together. • Some examples of conjunctions are: and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet, although, either, and also We ate pizza and drank soda for dinner.

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Prepositions • A preposition is a word that shows position or direction. • Some examples of prepositions are in, out, under, over, after, out, into, up, down, far, and between. EX: She worked at her desk. EX: The sun was in the sky.

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Interjections • An interjection is a word that shows strong emotion. • Some examples are • Interjections can really liven up a sentence and help to add voice to your writing.

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Now Let’s Review 1. A person, place, thing or idea is a ___. 2. A word that shows action is a ____. 3. A word that connects a word or group of words is a _____. 4. A word that shows emotion in a sentence is a ______. 5. A word that describes a noun or pronoun and tells how many, which kind, which one is an ____. 6. A word that describes a verb is an ______. 7. A word that takes the place of a noun is a ____. 8. A word that shows position or directions is a ____.

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