Parts of Speech
Unit 5
8 Parts of Speech
1. Noun
2. Verb
3. Pronoun
4. Adjective
5. Adverb
6. Interjection
7. Conjunction
8. Preposition
What is a noun?
Nouns name…
People (Ms. DiGalbo, kid, president)
Places (school, America, California,
beach)
Things (necklace, desk, binder, shoe)
Ideas (happiness, excitement, success)
With your partner…
Find a noun in the classroom!
Verb
Verbs show action (run, jump, go, do)
OR…
Link subjects and descriptions together
(is, was, were, am)
With your partner…
Describe something you like to do using
a verb.
Adjective
Adjectives describe things and tell about
nouns.
Tall, skinny, funny, fast, mean, grumpy,
silly, ugly, pink, etc….
With your partner…
Use an adjective to describe summer
break.
Pronoun
Renames a noun or takes the place of a
noun
– Alexei went to the store.
– He went to the store.
– Samantha was reading a book.
– She was reading it.
With your partner…
Create a sentence that uses a pronoun.
Adverb
An adverb describes a verb
Adverbs answer the questions…
– How? (ran quickly)
– When? (ran yesterday)
– Where? (ran home)
– How much? (ran a lot)
With your partner…
Use an adverb to describe how you talk.
Prepositions
Show where a noun is or where it is
going
Into, with, on, around, in, out
My cat is walking up the street.
I want to get into AVID next year.
With your partner…
What is the preposition in this
sentence?
– I will walk around the building and find her.
Interjection
Interjections show surprise or strong
feelings
Oh my gosh!
No!
Stop!
With your partner…
What punctuation mark usually comes
after an interjection?
Conjunctions
Conjunctions join words or phrases together
–
–
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–
–
–
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For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
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