Parts of Speech Review
You will be asked to complete a
project with this information after
the presentation!
CA ELA Standards
WOC 1.3Demonstrate knowledge and
application of the eight parts
of speech
*Nouns
• A noun names a person, place,
thing or idea.
Nouns
Examples:
Persons
veterinarian, Dr. Lee, friend
Places
school, Hilton Head Island, Grand Canyon
Things
pencil, paper, notebook, desk
Ideas
excitement, anger, joy
*Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of
a noun or another pronoun.
Examples: I, we, he, them, and it.
Instead of: Susie has a dog.
With Pronoun: She has a dog.
*Verbs
A verb is a word used to express an action
or a state of being.
The two main types of verbs are
action (tells what a subject does)
and
linking (links subject to another word)
Verbs
Examples:
An action verb tells what its subject does.
The action it expresses can be either
physical or mental.
The students opened their lockers!
Verbs
A linking verb links its subject to a word in
the predicate. The most common linking
verbs are forms of the verb be.
Forms of be: be, am is, are, was, were,
been, being
The students were excited about starting
school!
*Adjectives
An adjective is a word that modifies, or
describes, a noun or a pronoun.
Example: The apple is big, green, and juicy.
*Adverbs
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb (1),
an adjective (2), or another adverb (3).
Examples:
1) Explorers eagerly chase adventure.
2) Some explores visit amazingly beautiful
places.
3) Others quite bravely explore the
unknown-space.
*Prepositions
A preposition is a word that shows a
relationship between a noun or pronoun
and some other word in the sentence.
Prepositions…..Think Table!!!!
The cat sleeps on the bed.
*Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word used to join words or
groups of words.
FANBOYS
Cats are intelligent and playful.
*Interjections
Interjections are words or phrases used to
express emotion.
Wow, there’s a monster lizard.
Gee Whiz! That was a cool movie!
Review
Can you name the 8 parts of speech?
Assignment
•
Create a foldable chart, which reviews each of the 8
parts of speech. For each part of speech include the
definition, and an example sentence.
•
Underline the corresponding part of speech in your
sentence.
•
Foldable charts will be attached to notebooks.
Parts of Speech Practice!
Complete the following in your notebook (must write out
sentence)
Page 196: Exercise 6
Page 211: Exercise 3
Page 211: Exercise 6
Page 217: Exercise 14
Page 235: Exercise 9….a red what?
Page 243: Exercise 23
Page 249: Exercise 3 (see chart on page 246)
Page 260: Exercise 5
Page 264: Exercise 15