Chapter One Review - Quick Tips for Identifying Parts of Speech:
Noun – person, place, thing or abstract idea
Ask yourself if the word is a person, a place, a thing or an
idea such as a thought
Pronoun - A word that is used in place of one
or more nouns
They STAND IN PLACE of nouns
Personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, you,
him, her, it, us, them, etc.)
Demonstrative, Interrogative, Relative and Indefinite –
make sure you can recognize these as pronouns but
remember they pop up as other parts of speech.
MEMORIZE these!
Adjective - A word that is used to describe or a
noun or pronoun
It tells WHAT KIND, WHICH ONE or HOW MANY
about the noun or pronoun
Locate the nouns and pronouns in the sentence then look
for words that describe them
Verb - A word that is used to express action or
state of being
To find the verb in the sentence, ASK: "What's going on
in this sentence?" Answer that and you've found your verb.
Check for any helping verbs too. These are verbs. If there
are no actions, the verb is a linking verb, linking a subject
with a description (am, is are, appear, seem, etc).
Let's look at a few examples of action verbs:
1. Lassie ran into the burning building.
2. The beagle stepped on its ears.
What's going on in these sentences? A couple of dogs are
doing stupid things; but what they are doing is the verb--in
this case, Lassie ran and the beagle stepped . Both show
action.
Some verbs don't show action. Instead, they link the
subject to some other information: these are called, linking
verbs. Common linking verbs are "to be" forms--such as,
Be, being, am, is, are, was, were, shall be, will be, has
been, have been, had been, shall have been, will have been,
should be, would be, can be, could be, should have been,
would have been, could have been
Appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell,
sound, stay, taste, turn
MEMORIZE THESE!
Adverb – a word that describes a verb, an
Tells WHERE, WHEN, HOW, or TO WHAT EXTENT
adjective or another adverb. It makes the
(how long or how much)
meaning of the verb, adjective or adverb clearer.
Find the verb in the sentence, then look for words that
describe the verb.
If the verb has no description, then look for the nouns in
the sentence. Locate words that describe the noun
(adjectives) and then look to see if there are any more
words that describe the adjective – this will be the adverb.
Be careful when you find a verb and then an adverb, to
look for any more adverbs that describe another adverb.
Ex – She ran very fast
to the
verb adverb adverb
Preposition - A word that shows the
relationship (position) of a noun or
pronoun(object) to another word
store.
If you can put it with the phrase "The Box" chances are, it's
a preposition. In the box, on the box, beside the box, next
to the box, etc.
To find the object of a preposition, ask WHAT? after the
prepositional word. A preposition has to have an object or
it’s not a preposition.
* Remember – a prepositional phrase includes the
preposition, it’s object AND any words in between the
preposition and the object
Conjunction - A word that joins words or word
groups that are part of a sentence
A JOINER or CONNECTOR (conjoins)
Know the difference between coordinating (FANBOYS)
and Correlative (pairs of conjunctions)
Interjection - Is a word that expresses emotion.
Notes/ Questions:
Usually has EXCLAMATION MARK