Overview of Eight Parts of Speech in english.ppt

Overview of Eight Parts of Speech in english

1. 8 PARTS OF SPEECH
by
Sharon Cronk-Raby

2. the 8 Parts of Speech:
NOUN ADVERB
PRONOUN PREPOSITION
ADJECTIVE CONJUNCTION
VERB INTERJECTION

3. An Overview…
NOUN
A NOUN is a person, place, thing, or idea.
A COMMON NOUN is a general person, place,
thing, or idea.
A PROPER NOUN is a specific person, place,
thing, or idea. It is capitalized.
common noun Proper Noun
city Chicago
mall Louis-Joliet Mall
car Ford Mustang

4. An Overview…
PRONOUN
A PRONOUN replaces a noun.
Examples:
The boywent for a walk.
Hewent for a walk.
The girlrode her bike.
Sherode her bike.
The teachersassigned homework.
Theyassigned homework.
When you use a pronoun
in your writing,
make sure to first
use the noun
to make it clear
who or what
you’re talking about.

5. An Overview…
ADJECTIVE
An ADJECTIVE describes
a noun or a pronoun.
Examples:
bluesky
crankybaby
meandog

6. An Overview…
VERB
A VERB shows an action
or expresses a state of being.
Examples:
The rain fellfrom the sky. (action verb)
The child skatedon the ice. (action verb)
I amhappy. (helping verb)

7. 23 Helping Verbs
am
is
are
was
were
be
been
being
do
does
did
would
should
could
will
shall
can
might
must
may
have
has
had

8. An Overview…
ADVERB
An ADVERB modifies a verb, an adjective, or
another adverb.
Adverbs help make meaning clear by telling how,
when, where, or to what extent something is true.
Adverbs often end in -ly.
Examples:
carefullysometimesinsidefully
quicklyonce here very

9. An Overview…
PREPOSITION
A PREPOSITION is a word that relates
its objects to some other word in the
sentence.
Examples:
Martha moved toWashington.
The ball flew overthe car.
The bug crawled underthe rock.

10. An Overview…
CONJUNCTION
A CONJUNCTION is a word that connects
words or groups of words.
Examples:
The journey was hard anddangerous.
I almost didn’t do my homework, butI
realized that was a bad idea.
Should I go to the mall orthe movies?

11. An Overview…
INTERJECTION
An INTERJECTION is a single word
or short group of words that is used
to express a feeling or emotion.
Examples:
Whew!That was hard.
WOW!I got straight A’s on my report
card!
Oh,look at that beautiful scenery.