This document is a comic presentation about parts of speech that features Garfield seeking a life makeover from Dr. Phil. Dr. Phil analyzes Garfield's nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, adverbs, and conjunctions to understand his lifestyle and personality. For each part of speech, examples from Garfield's life are provided and he critiques areas for improvement. Throughout, Garfield is skeptical and sarcastic about the process. In the end, Garfield decides to skip the makeover, much to Dr. Phil's disappointment.

1. Parts of Speech
With Garfield and Dr. Phil
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2. "Parts of speech" are the basic types
of English words:
•Nouns
•Verbs
•Adjectives
•Prepositions
•Pronouns
•Adverbs
•Conjunctions
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3. I’m getting old…
Clearly it’s time for
a life makeover.
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4. OK, Phil, I’m
ready for that
life makeover
we discussed.
“I’ll be right
over,
Garfield.”
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5. I’m sick of being
me. Make me
into something
else.
OK, the first step is to
work up a psychological
profile. Let’s look at your
NOUNS first.
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6. NOUNS
People, places, things, concepts, emotions
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7. Nouns
You appear to be a CAT in a BED.
You lack EXERCISE.
You have little AMBITION.
You need more LOVE.
Brilliant. You lack
intelligence. You are a
moron. I demand
silence.
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8. Nouns
• CAT
• BED
• EXERCISE
• AMBITION
• LOVE
• INTELLIGENCE
• MORON
• SILENCE
These are all
NOUNS. A NOUN is
a person, place,
thing or emotion.
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9. VERBS
Action or Being
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10. Action Verbs
So Garfield, what type
of ACTIONS are you
doing on a typical day?
Well, I eat, sleep, sit,
lounge, make annoyed
faces, drink coffee…
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11. Action Verbs
Garfield, your ACTION
verbs don’t show a lot
of movement!
eat
sit
lounge
make sarcastic faces
drink coffee
sleep
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12. Being Verbs
I’m better at
BEING than
ACTION. I can
prove it too.
OK, this I
gotta see.
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13. Being Verbs
Garfield
was
here
Check this out.
Yes, you are good
at BEING. The
BEING verbs
include am, are, is,
was, were.
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14. ADJECTIVES
Describe Nouns
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15. Adjectives
Adjectives show:
What kind of ____?
How many of ____?
How much of _____?
Which one of _____?
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16. Adjectives Now we need to look
at your ADJECTIVES.
Can you describe
yourself to me?Well, now that I’m
looking, I’d have to
say handsome,
intelligent,
irresistible,…
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17. Adjectives – what kind?
Adjectives such
as….
You left out a few
adjectives.
adorable?
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18. Adjectives –
What kind…?
Garfield, you need
to take a good look
at what kind of cat
you are…
Well, let’s start with:
•Lazy
•Overweight
•Sarcastic
•Grouchy
what kind?
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19. Adjectives –
Look at HOW
MANY bad
habits you have!
•DOZENS of snide comments
•NUMEROUS excuses for not
exercising
•SEVERAL tricks for sneaking food
How many?
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20. Adjectives -
Your ADJECTIVES
also reveal just
HOW MUCH you do…TONS of sugar
ZERO exercise
An ENTIRE birthday cake in one bite
MOST of the day asleep
How much?
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21. Adjectives –
So, WHICH ONE do
you want to be…?
The UNHEALTHY one?
The DIABETIC one?
The RUDE one?
The SLEEK one?
The FIT one?
The POPULAR one?
Which one?
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22. Adjectives
LAZY
OVERWEIGHT
SARCASTIC
GROUCHY
DOZENS of snide comments
NUMEROUS excuses for not exercising
SEVERAL tricks for sneaking food
TONS of sugar
ZERO exercise
ENTIRE birthday cake in one bite
MOST of the day asleep
I’m not feeling
any love from
you Phil.
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23. PREPOSITIONS
Location or relationship
I want you to get
excited about your
prepositions!
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24. Prepositions
Prepositions can show location, such as…
under the chandelier
under the foot
on his head
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25. Prepositions
Prepositions can show relationship or time, such as…
for Thanksgiving
with pleasure
through the wall
during dinner
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26. Prepositions
Hilarious. How are the
following prepositions
working for you?
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27. Prepositions
Prepositions can show location, such as…
in the caragainst the wall
on his head
beside his Justin Beiber
cardboard cut-out
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28. Prepositions
Prepositions can show relationship or time, such as…
in a trance
with his “mini-me”
before the fatal bite
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29. For those of you who
need a list of
prepositions, the next
slide has a list of
common prepositions.
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30. Common Prepositions
• about
• above
• across
• after
• against
• along
• amid
• among
• around
• by
• despite
• down
• during
• except
• for
• from
• in
• inside
• into
• like
• as
• at
• before
• behind
• below
• beneath
• beside
• besides
• between
• beyond
• of
•off
• on
• onto
• outside
• over
• than
• through
• to
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31. PRONOUNS
Subject, Object, Possessive
I need a
break…time
for a snack.
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32. The 3 types of
pronouns are:
SUBJECT,
OBJECT, and
POSSESSIVE.
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33. Pronouns
A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
Just like this guy in the ugly costume.
HE is taking the place of Garfield right
now.
guy in the ugly costume
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34. Pronouns
This guy in the ugly costume is
about to meet someone famous.
HE will accompany me to
Washington DC. HE is a lucky guy!
guy in the ugly costume = HE
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35. SUBJECT Pronouns
He and I met Barack Obama!
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36. SUBJECT Pronouns
He & I are subject pronouns.
They can be used as subjects of sentences.
He met
Barack.
I met
Barack.
It is a
cardboard
cut out.
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37. SUBJECT Pronouns
I
You
He
She
It
We
You (plural)
They
Use these pronouns
with verbs, as the
subject of the
sentence.
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38. Pronoun Challenge
Which of the sentences I’m holding uses the
correct pronoun?
Barack Obama met with my friend and me.
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39. Pronoun Challenge
If you chose this sentence, you are
correct. But why?
Barack Obama met with my friend and me.
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40. Me = OBJECT Pronoun
I = SUBJECT Pronoun
Use the correct type of pronoun.
Barack Obama met with me.Barack Obama met with my friend.
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41. OBJECT Pronouns
• Me
• You
• Him
• Her
• It
• Us
• You (plural)
• Them
Use object
pronouns with
prepositions. about
by
of
for
to
from
with
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42. OBJECT Pronouns
It just would not make sense to say,
“Barack Obama met with I.”
Use object
pronoun
“me” here!
“with” is a
preposition
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43. OBJECT Pronouns
Exactly, Barack!
Now let’s take
this up a notch…
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield and I.
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield and me.
Which is correct?
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44. OBJECT Pronouns
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield and me.
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield.
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include me.
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45. Object Pronouns
Phil is a lunatic! Clearly something is wrong with
him.
As for Barack Obama and the Jersey Shore cast,
Dr. Phil has no connection to them.
Object pronoun
Object pronoun
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46. Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns show
ownership. Some examples include:
My cars
These cars are mine.
Your car.
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47. ADVERBS
How? When? To what degree?
You’re gonna love this!
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48. Adverbs – How?
So…How do
you live your
life?
How do
you think?
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49. Adverbs – How?
I live carefully.
I live colorfully.
I live bravely.
Most adverbs
end in -ly
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50. Adverbs – How?
rudely
lazily
unsuccessfully
Well, I’d say you
live your life…
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51. Adverbs – When?
Adverbs also describe
WHEN something
happens
When will you
shut up?
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52. eventually
sometimes
later
soon
never
Well, I might shut up…
Adverbs – When?
Adverbs
describing
WHEN
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53. Adverbs – To what degree?
Degree means how intensely
something is done or felt. It
can also indicate the amount
of effort put into something.
So I won’t be
needing this
thermometer then?
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54. Adverbs – To what degree?
extremely goofy
very hungry
fully submerged
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55. CONJUNCTIONS
Coordinating and Subordinating
Garfield, get ready to
change your life!
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56. Coordinating Conjunctions
These coordinating
conjunctions are
your answer to a better
life Garfield.
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
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57. Coordinating Conjunctions
For
An easy way to remember the
coordinating conjunctions is
with the acronym FANBOYS
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58. Coordinating Conjunctions
Add some coordinating
conjunctions to your life!
or
Be a
pirate
a cupid
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59. Coordinating Conjunctions
Add some coordinating
conjunctions to your life!
and
Be
Santa
Spiderman
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60. Coordinating Conjunctions
This may be advice, but
you cannot possibly be serious.
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61. Coordinating Conjunctions
Add some coordinating
conjunctions to your life!
so
you don’t
have to be
Be
a cowboy a cleaning lady
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62. Subordinating Conjunctions
Now for some warnings about what
not to do via the subordinating
conjunctions.
Because
Although
When
If
Since
Unless
These are some
common subordinating
conjunctions.
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63. Subordinating Conjunctions
If you want to change your
look, don’t go too far.
Although you may like
Justin Beiber, you cannot
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64. Subordinating Conjunctions
When selecting new
clothing, avoid this look.
Since there’s no one like you,
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65. You know what?
I think I’ll skip the life makeover.
But thanks anyway Phil.
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66. Yesssss….
Another Dr. Phil
success story!
I’ll send you my bill.
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67. End of presentation.
Remember the parts of speech:
•Nouns
•Verbs
•Adjectives
•Prepositions
•Pronouns
•Adverbs
•Conjunctions