Chapter 12
Parts of Speech Overview
Verb, Adverb,
Preposition,
Conjunction,
Interjection
1. The Verb-
a word that expresses action or a state of being
Example:
We
celebrated the Chinese New Year
yesterday.
Types of Verbs
Action
Linking
Helping
and Main
Transitive and Intransitive
Action Verbs-
is a verb that expresses either physical or
mental activity.
Example:
The
owls hooted all night. (physical)
She thought about the problem.(mental)
Linking Verbs-
is a verb that expresses a state of being. It
connects, or links, the subject to a word or
word group that identifies or describes the
subject.
Example:
The
children remained quiet. (remained
links quiet with the subject children)
Some Linking Verbs
Am
Is
Are
Was
Were
Appear
Look
Smell
Has been
Have been
Had been
Will be
Shall be
Become
Remain
Sound
Maybe
Might Be
Can be
Should be
Would have been
Feel
Seem
Taste
Helping and Main Verbs-
helps the main verb express action or a state
of being.
Example:
Kansas
state.
has been named the sunflower
Commonly Used Helping Verbs
Forms
of Be:
am are be is
been being was were
Forms of Do:
do does did
Forms of Have: have has
had
Other Helping
Verbs:
can
might would
could most may
Transitive Verbs-
is a verb that expresses on action directed
toward a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
Example:
Derrick
greeted the visitors.
2. Adverb-
is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Example:
The
sprinter ran swiftly.
Hint:
Adverbs answer the following questions:
Where?,
When? How?How often? How long? To what
extent? How much?
Words often used: away, here, inside, there, up,
later, now, soon, then, tomorrow, clearly, easily,
quietly, slowly, always, forever, never, almost, so, too,
more
3. Preposition-
is a word that shows the relationship of a
noun or pronoun to another word.
Example:
The
kite in the tree is mine.
The cat walked through the door.
Commonly Used Prepositions: aboard, about,
above, across, after, against, along, among, around, as, at,
before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between beyond,
by, for, in front of, into, like, next to, out, over, past,up..
Prepositional Phrase-
includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun
called the object of the preposition, and any
modifiers of that object.
Example:
Fred
Hint:
stood in front of us.
A preposition has an object, an
adverb never does!
4. Conjunction-
is a word that joins words or word group.
Example:
Jill
or Anna
Alice Walker wrote the book, yet she
did not write the movie script.
over the river and through the woods
(and joins two prepositional phrases)
5. Interjection-
is a word that expresses emotion
Example:
Ouch!
That hurts!
Commonly
used interjections:
aha, my, ouch, wow, hey, oh, oops, well,
hurray