Review - 8 Parts of Speech

1. GRAMMAR REVIEW: THE EIGHT
MAJOR PARTS OF SPEECH
August 26th, 2016

2. WHAT IS A NOUN?
 A noun is a person, place, or thing.

3. NOUNS
 Where are the nouns in the following sentences?
 Lucy went to the store on her bike.
 The dog chased the cat down the street.
 John accidentally broke the window with his baseball.
 Can you think of some examples?
 What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

4. WHAT IS AVERB?
 A word, or set of words, that
describes an action, feeling, or state
of being.

5. VERBS
 Can you find the verbs in the following sentences?
 Mary walks her dog everyday in the morning.
 Richard feels nervous in class.
 I have been to Paris twice.
 Can you think of a few examples?
 What is an infinitive?

6. WHAT IS A PRONOUN?
 A word or phrase that substitutes a
noun.

7. PRONOUNS
 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pronoun:
 Bill is as smart as _________ is.
a) Brian
b) he Brian
c) he
d) me
 The dog chewed on ________ favourite toy.
a) its
b) it’s
c) it is
d) its’

8. WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?
 An adjective describes or modifies a
noun or pronoun

9. ADJECTIVES
 Come up with two sentences using adjectives.

10. WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
 Prepositions are words that show the
relationship between a noun or
a pronoun and some other word or
element in the rest of the sentence.

11. PREPOSITIONS
 Find the preposition(s) in the following sentences:
 The clue is hidden in the book between the pages.
 Anna’s house is on the corner beside the school.
 The worm is hiding from the bird below a leaf on the ground.
 Can you think of some examples?

12. WHAT IS A CONJUNCTION?
 A word that connects words or
groups of words.

13. CONJUNCTIONS
 Find the conjunctions in the following paragraph:
While I was sleeping last night, I heard a mosquito buzzing. It would not let me
sleep, so I turned on the light and opened the window, hoping the mosquito would leave. I
waited and waited for the mosquito to fly out the window… but, it would not go! Since I had
to go to school the next day, I decided to kill the mosquito. Although I had tried to be
humane, the mosquito was keeping me up.

14. WHAT IS AN ADVERB?

15. WHAT IS AN INTERJECTION?
 A word solely designed to convey
emotion.

16. INTERJECTIONS
 Find the interjections in the following sentences:
 Joe was late to school and yikes, the teacher was mad.
 Boo! I scared you.
 Yay, it is finally Friday and the school week is over.
 Well, gee, that sure is a kind thing to say.
 Woops, I dropped the milk and it spilled.

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