about the eight parts of speech

1. The Eight Parts of Speech

2. 1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Adjective
4. Verb
5. Adverb
6. Conjunction
7. Preposition
8. Interjection
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The 8 Parts of Speech

3. Nouns
• People, places, or things
• Can be subjects or objects in a sentence
Subject Object
I me
you you
He/she/they/who him/her/them/whom
VERB

4. Practice: Identify the nouns (subjects &
objects)
1) One of the cheerleaders on the team is
going to the National Cheerleader
Competition.
2) Although it may never happen, running in
the Austin marathon with Melissa who
has been my friend since childhood is a
dream come true.
3) My cat, Bunty, is a diva; she growls
whenever you try to pick her up.

5. Practice: Identify the nouns (subjects &
objects)
1) One of the cheerleaders on the team is going to
the National Cheerleader Competition.
2) Although it may never happen, running in the
Austin marathon with Melissa who has been my
best friend since childhood is a dream come true.
3) My cat, Bunty, is a diva; she growls whenever you
try to pick her up.

6. • A pronoun is a word that takes the place
of a noun. Personal pronouns are
subjects/objects: I/me; he/him; she/her;
they/them; who/whom
• Possessive pronouns NEVER take
apostrophes: its; hers; theirs; his
Pronouns

7. Practice: Identity the pronouns and note
whether they are subjects or objects or
possessives
1) Susan and Nancy went to Sears where
she bought her sweater; she took the
sweater from Nancy because Susan is
older than she.
2) Whoever wants to go swimming should
put his or her swimsuit in my car, not
hers.
3) You can’t tell me with whom I can be
seen; it’s not your life!

8. Practice: Identity the pronouns and note
whether they are subjects or objects or
possessives
1) Susan and Nancy went to Sears where
she bought her sweater; she took the
sweater from Nancy because Susan is
older than she.
2) Whoever wants to go swimming should
put his or her swimsuit in my car, not
hers.
3) You can’t tell me with whom I can be
seen; it’s not your life!

9. • An adjective is a word that describes a
noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how
many, or which one.
• A compound adjective is made by
hyphenating words to form a new one.
Adjectives

10. Practice: correct the following
• 1. We just adopted a three to four year old
dog from the shelter.
• 2. The poorly-run business went under,
which didn’t surprise anyone involved.
• 3. The twenty five foot drop makes this a
particularly dangerous area.

11. Practice: correct the following
• 1. We just adopted a three- to four-year-
old dog from the shelter.
• 2. The poorly run business went under,
which didn’t surprise anyone involved.
• 3. The twenty-five-foot drop makes this a
particularly dangerous area.

12. • A verb is the action of the sentence. It
shows what someone or something is
doing.
– Action verbs take direct objects.
• He hit him.
– State-of-being verbs take subject
complements.
• This is she.
Verb

13. Practice: pick out the correct form of the
verb
1) For murdering his wife, the man was
hung/hanged at noon.
2) I’m tired, so I’m going to lie/lay down for
a nap.
3) She lay/laid the pencil down.
4) Yesterday, Phillis lay/laid down.

14. Practice: pick out the correct form of the
verb
1) For murdering his wife, the man was
hanged at noon.
2) I’m tired, so I’m going to lie down for a
nap.
3) She laid the pencil down.
4) Yesterday, Phillis lay down.

15. Correct the following:
1) He felt badly.
2) The girl hit who?
3) This is him who ate my pie.
4) Don’t be angry with whomever hit your
car because it was clearly an accident.

16. Correct the following:
1) He felt bad.
2) The girl hit whom?
3) This is he who ate my pie.
4) Don’t be angry with whoever hit your car
because it was clearly an accident.

17. • An adverb describes how the action is
performed. They tell how much, how often,
when and where something is done.
• Adverbs modify adjectives. So, “poorly
worn” NOT “poorly-worn.”
Adverb

18. Practice
1. He swam good.
2. The tires were badly-worn.

19. Practice
1. He swam well.
2. The tires were badly worn.

20. • A conjunction is a word that joins words or
word groups together.
– Coordinating conjunctions are FANBOYS
words: for, and, not, but, or, yet, so.
– Adverbial conjunctions include words such as
therefore, however, moreover.
Conjunctions

21. Practice: identify the coordinating
conjunctions and adverbial conjunctions
1) My mother is going to the store, but she
is not buying ice cream.
2) My mother is going to the store; however,
she is not buying ice cream.
3) However angry I become, I will not yell at
my children, nor will I yell at my husband.

22. Practice: identify the coordinating
conjunctions and adverbial conjunctions
1) My mother is going to the store, but she
is not buying ice cream.
2) My mother is going to the store; however,
she is not buying ice cream.
3) However angry I become, I will not yell at
my children, nor will I yell at my husband.

23. Conjunctions (cont’d)
• Coordinating conjunctions make a
sentence DEPENDENT.
– The cat ate the bird, but the bird ate the bug.
• Adverbial conjunctions are neutral: a
sentence remains a sentence with or
without an adverbial conjunction.
– The cat ate the bird; however, the bird at the
bug.

24. Practice
1. I want to go to the beach, however, it’s too cold
outside.
2. I want to go to the beach; but it’s too cold outside.
3. The students are boycotting the cafeteria; so the
university is making changes.
4. The students are boycotting, therefore the
university is making changes.

25. Practice
1. I want to go to the beach; however, it’s too cold
outside.
2. I want to go to the beach, but it’s too cold outside.
3. The students are boycotting the cafeteria, so the
university is making changes.
4. The students are boycotting; therefore, the
university is making changes.

26. • A preposition is a word that shows position or,
direction. Some examples are of, to, in, out,
under, over, after, out, into, up, down, for, and
between (anywhere a squirrel can go).
• Prepositions require objects.
– To Whom It May Concern
– Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
Preposition