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Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Pronouns
Adje
ctive
s
Adverb
s
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Verbs
Interjec
tions
Word that names
A Person
An Idea
A Thing
A Place
Kinds of Nouns
expresses action or otherwise
helps to make a statement
Linking
“be”
verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
becom
e
seem
grow
remai
n
stay
Subje
ct
pred
icate
Every sentence must have
a
Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs express
mental or physical
action.
Linking verbs make a
statement by
connecting the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it. Oldu
Hasta hıssettı
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.
Personal
Pronouns
I, me, mine
you, your,
yours
she, her,
hers,
it, its
we,us, our,
ours
they, them,
their,
theirs
myself
yourself
Indefinite
Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one,
etc.
Interrogative Pronouns
who
whom
what
which
whose
Demonstrative
Pronouns
this
that
these
those
Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five
minutes.
Did you lose your
address
book?
Answers these
questions:
Modifies or
describes
a verb, an
adjective,
or another
adverb.
Answers the
questions:
How?
He ran
quickly.
She left
yesterday.
When?
We went
there.
Where?
It was too hot!
To what degree or
how much?
Interrogative
Adverbs
introduce questions
How did you break your
leg?
When does your plane leave?
How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby
telling
about his trip to Canada.
The preposition never stands
alone!
prepositio
n
noun
pronoun
object
of
preposi
tion
prepositio
n
obje
ct
can have more
than
one object
object can have
modifiers
You can press those leaves under
glass.
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
It happened during the last examination.
Some Common
Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
througho
ut
to
toward
under
underneat
h
until
up
upon
with
within
without
The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins
words
or groups of words.
and
or
but
either/o
r
neither/
nor
The interjection
is an exclamatory word that
expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that
sunset!
That’s all for now. . .
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