PARTS OF SPEECH

English 2CP

Parts of Speech

Noun

❑ Person

❑ boy

❑ Place

❑ beach

❑ Thing

❑ pail

Parts of Speech

Noun/Articles

❑ A noun or The noun

❑ Person

❑ The boy

❑ Place

❑ A beach

❑ Thing

❑ An orange

Parts of Speech

Noun

❑ Nouns can often be Counted

❑ One boy

❑ Two grandmas

❑ Seven seas

❑ Twelve months

❑ A dozen oranges

❑ 24 hours

Parts of Speech

Noun

❑ Person: Proper or Common noun

❑ Carlotta, Mrs. Brooks, Dr. Jong …

❑ Dr. Jong practices acupuncture.(capitalize proper nouns)

❑ the doctor, the girlfriend, my mother …

❑ I had an appointment with my doctor.

Parts of Speech

Noun

❑ Place: Proper or Common

❑Hopkins High School, the Royals …

❑Hopkins High School is a school of excellence.

❑ (capitalize proper nouns)

❑ the high school, a store, my soda…

❑ I love this high school.

Parts of Speech

Noun

(Can you put it in your pocket?)

❑ Thing: Object or Idea

❑ table, window, figurine, storm …

❑ The table broke.

❑wealth, love, indignation, personality,

fairness, unity, commitment …

❑ She accumulated a great deal of wealth.

❑ The group’s unity was obvious.

Parts of Speech

Verb❑ Linking Verbs

❑ Subject is described by a noun or adjective

Subject = Noun or Adj ❑ Grandma is wealthy.

❑ They are singers.

❑ She was a lawyer.

❑ They were late.

❑ He will be famous.

❑ I am a generous person.

❑ Bingo has been sick.

IS

ARE

WAS

WERE

BE

AM

BEEN

Parts of Speech

Verb❑ Linking Verbs

❑ Be and Been need additional linking verbs

Subject = Noun or Adj

❑ He will be famous.

❑ He could be famous.

❑ Bingo has been sick.

❑ Bingo had been sick.

WILL

SHALL

CAN

MAY

HAS

HAVE

HAD

WOULD

SHOULD

COULD

MIGHT

❑ He might have been famous.

❑ He has had lots of fame.

❑ Bingo may be sick.

❑ Bingo should have been sick.

Parts of Speech

Verb❑ Action Verbs

❑ The subject is doing something

❑ I run.

❑Mina runs.

❑ Juan ran.

❑ The track star is running.

❑ The leopard has run a mile.

❑ Bingo had been running.

❑ They will run.

❑ He would have run.

Parts of Speech

Gerund

❑ A kind of Noun

❑ Verb + ing = Gerund

❑ replace with “this activity”

❑ Emily and Beth love running.

❑ Everyone should try reading for pleasure.

❑ put a possessive noun in front

❑Ms. Gotschell’s teaching should improve each year.

❑ Deeply Royal’s dancing was outstanding at the pep

fest.

Parts of Speech

Gerund or Verb?

❑ Be careful!

❑ Verb + ing = Verb

❑ I am break dancing.

(I am doing something.)

❑ Verb + ing = Gerund

❑ I enjoy break dancing.

(an activity – a noun – a thing).

Parts of Speech

Adjective

❑ Tells more about Nouns

❑ Ask:

❑What kind of noun?

❑ gentle bear

❑mother bear

❑What color noun?

❑white bear

❑ brown bear

❑ How many nouns?

❑ one bear

❑ seven bears

❑ sixty bears

❑ 200 bears

Parts of Speech

Adverb

❑ Tells more about Verbs

❑ Ask:

❑ How did it verb?

❑ News travels fast.

❑ The report went beautifully.

❑When did it verb?

❑ They performed yesterday.

❑ Their costume change happened

quickly.

❑Where did it verb?

❑ She practiced

anywhere.

❑ The drummer lives locally.

Parts of Speech

Adverb

❑ Tells more about Adverbs

❑ Ask:

❑ How adverb was it?

❑ The turtle moved too slowly.

❑ The the rabbit ran so gracefully.

❑My first day went quite well.

❑ The group played very loudly.

Parts of Speech

Adverb

❑ Tells more about Adjectives

❑ Ask:

❑ How adjective was it?

❑ The race was very exciting.

❑ The paintings are so beautiful.

❑ The star is quite bright.

❑ The band was incredibly loud.

Parts of Speech

Pronoun

❑ Personal Pronouns

❑ Basic List❑ He

❑ She

❑ It

❑ I

❑ You

❑We

❑ They

❑ Other Pronouns❑ Him, his, himself

❑ Her, hers, herself

❑ Its, itself

❑Me, mine, myself

❑ Your, yours, yourself

❑ Us, our, ourselves

❑ Them, their, theirs, themselves

Parts of Speech

Pronoun❑ Indefinite Pronouns

❑Ask:

❑Who? (but we won’t know for sure)

❑ Basic List❑ Someone

❑ Everyone

❑ Anyone

❑ No one

❑ Other Suffixes❑-body

❑ -place

❑ -where

❑ -thing

❑ -time

Parts of Speech

Preposition

❑ Ask where?

❑ on

❑ under

❑ through

❑ beside

❑ around

❑ near

❑ to

❑ next to

❑ around

❑ inside of

❑ against

❑ between

❑ up

❑ down

❑ aboard

❑ across

❑ along

❑ beyond

❑ toward

❑ within

❑ out of

Parts of Speech

Preposition

❑ Ask when?

❑ before

❑ after

❑ until

❑ since

❑ during

❑ at

❑ around

Parts of Speech

Preposition

❑ Ask what is the relationship?

❑ by

❑ for

❑ to

❑ with

❑ about

❑ because of

Parts of Speech

Prepositional Phrase

❑ Preposition + Noun

❑ on the log

❑ through the woods

❑ after the storm

❑ during dinner

❑ by the author

❑ with my mom

Parts of SpeechGrammar Unit 1

Infinitive

❑ A kind of Verb Phrase

❑ To + Verb = Infinitive

❑ Put “I like” in front

❑ I like to run.

❑ I like to write letters.

❑ I like to read.

❑ I like to sing.

Parts of Speech

Prepositional Phrase or Infinitive?

❑ Be careful!

❑ To + verb = Infinitive

❑ to write

❑ To + noun = Prepositional

Phrase

❑ I gave the letter to Mom.

❑ Frodo is coming to my house.

❑ Harry was stuck to the wall.

Parts of Speech

Conjunction

❑ Coordinating Conjunctions

❑ Connect two or more sentences

❑Must use a comma

❑Must have two subjects on either side

❑ The wind blew, and my scarf flew away.

❑ You can catch it, or you can buy a new one.

❑We were late, but they let us in anyway.

Parts of Speech

Conjunction

❑ Subordinating Conjunctions

❑ Fragment, but has subject & verb

❑ Begins a Dependent Clause

❑ Needs Independent Clause

❑ I was sad because the car ran over her.

❑ Take me with you if you go to see how she’s doing.

❑ Whenever I think of Lassie, I cry.

Parts of Speech

Interjection

❑ Show reaction or emotion

❑ Not necessary to the sentence

❑ Ouch! That hurt!

❑ You did not! No way!

❑ Heck, I made the shot!