Parts of Speech
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What are they?
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Noun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
What is a noun?
• Nouns are words that name a person, a
place, a thing, or an idea.
– Person: aunt, ecologist, Rodrigo, father-inlaw, child
– Place: playground, city, living room,
Arizona
– Thing: moon, whale, chipmunk, Empire
State Building
– Idea: democracy, hope, respect,
impatience
More on Nouns
• A concrete noun names an object that
occupies space or can be recognized by
any of the senses.
– Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc.
• An abstract noun names an idea, a
quality or a characteristic.
– Confusion, grief, patience, clarity, friendship,
etc.
Singular and Plural Nouns
• A concrete noun names an object that
occupies space or can be recognized by
any of the senses.
– Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc.
• An abstract noun names an idea, a
quality or a characteristic.
– Confusion, grief, patience, clarity, friendship,
etc.
Practice
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Write the plural form of each noun.
Reason
Person
Glass
Child
Keyboard
Possessive Nouns
• The possessive form of a noun can show
possession, ownership, or the general
relationship between the two nouns.
• Susie’s calculator
• Morris’s strobe light
• The Wilson’s newspaper
• The boys’ headaches
• The women’s meeting
• The sheep’s noses
VERBS
• A verb is a word that expresses an action or a
state of being and is necessary to make a
statement.
• +The author summarized his story.
• The artist cleaned her brushes.
• The actor winked at the audience.
• This banner appears dusty.
VERBS
• Remember that the tense you use with your
verb is very important. If you write your
sentence in the present (right now) the verb
has to be happening right now.
• PRESENT
• I am riding the red bicycle down the street.
• PAST
• I rode the red bicycle down the street
yesterday.
More examples on Verb Tense
using the verb smell
• Present Tense: I smell the roses.
• Past Tense: I smelled the roses.
• Future Tense: I will smell the roses.
Action Verbs
• An action verb tells what someone or
something does.
• The chorus sang the new song.
• The chorus liked the new song.
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She spoke the words of the challenge.
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She spoke clearly.
Adjectives
• An adjective is a word that DESCRIBES a noun
by limiting its meaning.
• Three dollars. (can use a number)
• Chinese teacup.
• Any person.
• Purple balloons. (can limit by color)
• Baby ducks.
ADJECTIVES can describe how
something behaves or acts
• The boy sneakily put an extra cookie in his
pocket.
• The dog is sneaky and playful.
• NUMBERS can also be adjectives
• She won $100 dollars in the lottery.
• Moby juggled three apples.
Now you try
• I am giving you the noun, you add an adjective
to it…. Describe it any way you want
Cat
Girl
Roller Coaster
Classroom
Turkey
Adjectives can describe how much
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Some
Few
All
Most
A lot
Half
Are all adjectives.
Underline all the adjectives in the
following sentences.
• Example: The thunderstorm (n) broke (v)
electric wires(adj), patio umbrellas(adj) and
tablecloths (adj).
• 1. The apple pie is delicious.
• 2. Several large trees fell in the storm.
• 3. I seldom wear my dress shoes.
• 4. Fifty years is a short time in history.
Adverbs
• An adverb is a word that helps to describe
more clearly the action of the verb.
• She ran quickly.
• She has often won.
• She is very talented and extremely diligent.
• She almost always runs quite fast.
What is the adverb and how does it
add/modify to the verb
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Write each adverb and what it modifies.
I am thoroughly disgusted.
Seldom can I select a good watermelon.
Please set the table properly.
Dan is an unusually good driver.
The air conditioner is barely working.
A lot of adjectives end in -ly
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Calmly
Quietly
Slowly
Beautifully
Some adjectives describe when or
where something will happen ..
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We had a picnic outside.
Let’s have another picnic tomorrow.
OTHER ADVERBS :
TODAY
HERE
THERE
ALWAYS
SOMETIMES
NEVER
Adverbs and adjectives help use to see
things better in our mind when we
read
• The veteran will visit the school on Wednesday
for Veteran’s Day.
• The security guard removes the bad student
from the classroom.
• The dog barked so loud all night, we slept
through the alarm.
• http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting
/word/adjectivesandadverbs/
EXTRA INFORMATION
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A verb is a word that shows an action
Verbs tell us what happens
A sentence needs a verb to show a complete thought or idea
You need to change a verb to match the subject
When you have a subject (noun) and it is single, you usually
add an s to the verb. The boy rides the bus.
• When there is more than one subject/noun, you usually do
not add an s to the verb. You add the plural to the
noun/subject
• The boys ride the bus.
Examples
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Complete the sentence. Moby _____ the bus.
A. see
B. take
C. rides
D. catch
Which is the subject in this sentence?
“The University basketball team lost
the game today.
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Team
Game
Lost
Today
Which word is a verb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dogs
White
Run
Ocean
Complete the sentence. “The students
_________ to the library for class
tonight.
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B.
C.
D.
Walking
Walks
Walked
walk
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS