Parts of SpeechParts of Speech

The DeterminerThe Determiner• A Determiner is a word that determines, A Determiner is a word that determines,

or tells you that the noun is comingor tells you that the noun is coming

• Determiners are:Determiners are:– AA– AnAn– TheThe

Ex: The boy walked down the hall.Ex: The boy walked down the hall.

An elephant at the zoo looked hungry.An elephant at the zoo looked hungry. The car was too expensive. The car was too expensive.

NounNoun•A A NOUNNOUN is a word used to name a person, place, a is a word used to name a person, place, a

thing, or an idea: thing, or an idea:

PERSONS boy, ball player, lawyer, Miss Susie Smith,PERSONS boy, ball player, lawyer, Miss Susie Smith,

PLACES England, Richland, The Smithsonian, PLACES England, Richland, The Smithsonian,

meadowmeadow

THINGS keys, dog, car, rocket , desk, baseball THINGS keys, dog, car, rocket , desk, baseball

gloveglove

IDEAS justice, love, honesty, democracy, IDEAS justice, love, honesty, democracy, wisdomwisdom

PronounPronoun

• A A PRONOUNPRONOUN is a word used in place is a word used in place of one noun or more than one noun:of one noun or more than one noun:

Example:Example:

•(without pronoun) William Shakespeare (without pronoun) William Shakespeare wrote many plays. Shakespeare was a great wrote many plays. Shakespeare was a great writer.writer.

• (with Pronoun) William Shakespeare wrote (with Pronoun) William Shakespeare wrote many plays. He was a great writermany plays. He was a great writer

AdjectiveAdjective• An An ADJECTIVEADJECTIVE is a word used to modify a is a word used to modify a

noun or a pronoun:noun or a pronoun:

– To To ModifyModify a word means to describe the word a word means to describe the word or to make its meaning more definite. An or to make its meaning more definite. An adjective modifies a word by telling adjective modifies a word by telling whatwhat kindkind, , which onewhich one, , how muchhow much, or , or how manyhow many..

Example:Example:

The girl could not pick from the two handsome The girl could not pick from the two handsome guys.guys.

VerbVerb●●A A VERBVERB is a word used to express action or a is a word used to express action or a

state of being.state of being.

Examples:Examples:

(action)... Wilson Rawls (action)... Wilson Rawls wrotewrote the book, the book, Where Where the Red Fern Growsthe Red Fern Grows..

(state of being)… This room (state of being)… This room feelsfeels very warm. very warm.

Don’t forget about ‘be verbs’:Don’t forget about ‘be verbs’:

is, am, was, were, are, be, been, become, is, am, was, were, are, be, been, become, became,became,

AdverbAdverb●●An An ADVERBADVERB is a word used to modify a verb, an is a word used to modify a verb, an

adjective, or another adverb.adjective, or another adverb.

An adverb tells An adverb tells wherewhere, , whenwhen, , howhow, or , or to what to what extentextent (how much or how long). (how much or how long).

--WHERE? Hand in your homeworkWHERE? Hand in your homework herehere..

- HOW? The rain came HOW? The rain came suddenly.suddenly.- WHEN? WHEN? NowNow is the time to smile. is the time to smile.- TO WHAT EXTENT? The butterfly was TO WHAT EXTENT? The butterfly was

exceptionallyexceptionally beautiful.beautiful.

PrepositionPreposition•A A PREPOSITIONPREPOSITION is a word used to show the is a word used to show the

relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence.the sentence.

•Notice how a change in the preposition changes the Notice how a change in the preposition changes the relationship between relationship between ballball and and tabletable in each of the in each of the following examples:following examples:

– The ballThe ball rolled rolled underunder the table. the table.

– The ball rolled The ball rolled against against the table.the table.

– The ball rolled The ball rolled on on the table. the table.

– The ball rolled The ball rolled in front of in front of the table. the table.

– The ball rolled The ball rolled off off the table. the table.

ConjunctionsConjunctions– A A CONJUNCTIONCONJUNCTION is a word used to join is a word used to join

words or groups of words.words or groups of words.

– Coordinating conjunctions such as: for, and, Coordinating conjunctions such as: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so:nor, but, or, yet, so:

-F A N B O Y S-F A N B O Y S

– Correlative Conjunctions such as: both….and, Correlative Conjunctions such as: both….and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also, whether…orwhether…or

InterjectionInterjection– AnAn INTERJECTION INTERJECTION is a word used to express emotion. is a word used to express emotion.

• An interjection does not have a grammatical relation to other An interjection does not have a grammatical relation to other words in the sentence. Usually an interjection is followed by an words in the sentence. Usually an interjection is followed by an exclamation point. Sometimes an interjection is set off by a exclamation point. Sometimes an interjection is set off by a comma.comma.

– Examples:Examples:

– OhOh! That was a surprise.! That was a surprise.

– WhyWhy, I know you., I know you.

– WowWow! That was great.! That was great.

– WellWell, I would not make Hera jealous…, I would not make Hera jealous…

Works CitedWorks Cited

• Moulthrop, Allen Quinten. “The Eight Moulthrop, Allen Quinten. “The Eight Parts ofParts of

Speech”. Chief Joseph Middle School. Speech”. Chief Joseph Middle School. 2001.2001.

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