Add Words That Describe Your Weekend
People, Places, and Things
Actions
NOUNS
VERBS
Descriptions
ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS
Objectives
1. Identify different parts of speech
Homework
1. Prefix Flashcards (Compose Sentences)
2. Quiz on Friday (Prefixes and Parts of Speech)
Parts of Speech
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Nouns
Adjectives
Flashcards
Nouns
Names of persons,
places, things, feelings,
or ideas.
John has a new car, and
he parks under a big tree
in Filer.
The needs may conflict
with expectations of the
supervisors.
Verbs
The action or “doing” words
The horse jumped until it
threw the rider.
“Linking verbs” show being
(be, am, is, are, was, were,
been, being)
She is a nice person.
Change to show time (tense).
The words that change are
verbs.
Today I am on a bus.
Yesterday I was on a bus.
Adjectives
Describe or modify nouns.
A dump truck hit a parked
little car and the worried
driver ran to the other
side of the busy street.
Pronouns
Words to take the place of
nouns.
I, he, we, she, they, me,
him, us, her, them
you, it, this, that, who, what,
someone, everything,
anyone
Paul gave Emily stationery
because he wanted her to
write to him when she
could.
Adverbs
Describe verbs, adjectives,
or other adverbs.
She quickly ran to her
extremely tired friend and
gave him a very big hug.
Often end in -ly
The extremely hungry
animal howled eerily in
the especially dark
night.
Word that names
• A Person
• A Place
• A Thing
• An Idea
A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a statement
Every sentence must have
a
Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs express
mental or physical action.
Linking verbs connect the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to victory.
He has been sick.
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc.
Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Did you lose your address book?
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Answers these questions:
Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions:
He ran quickly.
She left yesterday.
We went there.
It was too hot!
How much?
Label The Parts Of Speech
1.Edward likes to play soccer.
noun
verb
verb
noun
2.Nancy’s sister is in my ESOL class.
3.Ruchita has a sibling in my history class.
4.Minh likes to play games on the computer.