Parts of

Speech
 Parts of Speech
•Noun •Adjective
•Pronoun •Prepositio
•Verb n
•Adverb •Interjectio
n
•Conjuncti
 Noun
A noun names a person, place, thing, or
idea.
There are 6 types of nouns: common,
proper, concrete, abstract, compound,
collective.
Examples:
common: boy proper: Ashley
concrete: desk abstract: freedom
compound: ice cream collective: team
 Pronouns

• Pronoun- a word used in place

of a noun or another pronoun
 Types of Pronouns
Personal / Possessive
Pronouns
Sing. Plural
First Person I, me We, us
(my, mine) (Our, ours)
You You
Second Person (your, yours) (your, yours)
He, him, she, They, them
Third Person her, it ( his, her, (their, theirs)
hers, its)
 Reflexive and Intensive
Pronouns
• A reflexive pronoun reflects action
back upon the subject and adds
information to the sentence.
Ex.Donna prepared herself for a long
day.
• An intensive pronoun adds
emphasis to a noun or pronoun in
the same sentence; not needed
• Ex. The wait itself would take
hours.
Demonstrative Pronouns
• Demonstrative
pronouns point out
specific persons,
places, things, or
ideas.

This these
That those
Ex. This is your
hat.
 Indefinite Pronouns
• Indefinite pronouns do not refer to a
specific person, place, or thing.
Examples: another, anybody, each,
everybody, neither, nobody, somebody,
someone, both, few, many, several, all, any,
more, most, some, none
Ex. Everybody is doing well
Interrogative pronouns
• Interrogative
pronouns are
used to ask a
question

who, whom,
whose, which,
what,

Ex. Who wrote

Relative Pronouns
• Relative Pronouns
are used to
introduce
subordinate or
dependent clauses.
Who, whom, whose,
which, that
Ex. He is the boy who
was on the
bleachers.
 Verbs
• Verbs are words that express time while
showing and action, a condition, or the
fact that something exists.
Types of verbs
Action verbs tell what action someone or
something is performing. Ex. Lightning
struck the tree.
Linking verbs connect a noun or pronoun at
or near the beginning of a sentence with
a word at or near the end. Ex. Doris is the
winner. He was glad.
Helping Verbs can be added to another
verb to make a verb phrase. Ex. They will
 Adjectives
• Adjectives are words that describes a noun
or pronoun. It answers what kind? Which
one? How many? How much? About the
noun or pronoun.
• Examples: green lights, silver jewelry, third
chance, several people, little time.

• Tip: The articles a, an, the are always

considered adjectives.
 Adverbs
• Adverbs are words
that modifies a verb,
adjectives, or another
adverb.
• It answers where?
When? In what
matter? To what
extent
• Examples: went there,
arrived today, danced
awkwardly, wash
completely.
 Preposition
• Prepositions are words that relates the noun or
pronoun following it to another word in the
sentence. The noun is called the object of the
preposition.
• Tip: A proposition is anywhere and airplane can
go regarding a cloud.
• Example: The airplane can fly toward the cloud,
under the cloud, above the cloud, beneath the
cloud, in front of the cloud.
 Conjunctions
• Conjunctions are words used to connect
other words or groups of words.
Types of Conjunctions
• Coordinating- used to connect similar kinds
or groups of words. Ex. And, but, for, nor,
or, so , yet
• Correlative- connect similar words or
groups of words but the come in pairs.
Ex. Both…and, either..or, neither…nor,
not only…but also, whether…or
 Interjection
• Interjections
are words that
express
feelings or
emotion.
Example: Ouch!
Wow! Ah!