PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: NOUNS
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or an
idea.
There are several different categories of nouns:
Common nouns: non-specific (cat, dog, boy, girl)
Proper nouns: specific (Boo, Buddy, Kellan, Darcy)
Singular nouns: only one (desk, pen)
Plural nouns: more than one (desks, pens)
Possessive nouns: show ownership (Kevin’s binder)
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: PRONOUNS
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or nouns.
Ex: I, me, we, us, you, he, him, she, her, they, them, it
The word or group of words to which a pronoun refers is called its
antecedent.
Ex: Sheila (antecedent) lost her (pronoun) agenda.
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: VERBS
A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.
Action verbs:
run
walk
sing
State of being:
am
is
are
jump
been
There are also linking verbs (which link the subject with an adjective or noun that
describes it) and auxiliary verbs (also called helping verbs, they always appear
with an action verb to make a “verb phrase”)
Linking Verb: The girl looked tired.
My sister is a nurse.
Auxiliary Verb: I am going to the movies tonight.
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: ADJECTIVES
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, which
one, or how many?.
What kind?
Red
rich
hopeless
Which one?
this
that
the
How many?
Two
several many
There are two sub-sets of adjectives:
 Articles:
a,
an,
the
 Proper adjectives: Made from proper nouns (Scottish, European, Roman)
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: ADVERBS
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb by making its meaning more specific.
Adverbs modify by answering the questions “when?”,
“where”, “How?”, and “to what degree?”. Most (but
not all) adverbs end in -ly.
Ex: quickly often
quite
carefully
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: PREPOSITIONS
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or
pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
Commonly Used Prepositions:
About, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among, around,
at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between,
beyond, by down, during, for, from, in, inside, into, near, of, off, on,
onto, opposite, out, outside, over, past, through, throughout, to,
toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, with, within, without
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: CONJUNCTIONS
A conjunction is a word that joins single words or
groups of words.
A coordinating conjunction joins words or groups
of words that are equally important in a sentence.
Ex: and
nor
but
for
or
yet
so
PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: INTERJECTIONS
An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses emotion. It has no
grammatical connection to the other words in the sentence.
Ex:
Ouch
Wow
Oh
Yikes
Interjections can be mild (set off with comma), or strong (set off with
an exclamation mark)
Ex: Ouch! That really hurt. (Strong interjection)
Oh, I didn’t know she was coming out tonight. (Mild interjection)