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The Parts of Speech 9th Grade
The Noun
• Noun – person, place, thing, or idea
• Examples:• The runner is very fast. • The park is very beautiful.•My book is heavy.• The key to life is happiness.
The Noun• Common Noun – any noun that is not capitalized
• Examples:• Car• Desk• Park• Man• Woman• School• Statue• Sunlight
The Noun• Proper Noun – a noun that names a specific
person, place, thing or idea AND is always capitalized!!!!
• Examples:• Mr. Ybarra• Central Catholic High School• Statue of Liberty• George Washington• The White House• The Liberty Bell
The Noun• Abstract Noun – an idea that cannot be perceived
by the senses but is still a noun
• Examples:• Liberty• Justice• Freedom• Catholicism• Happiness• Sadness
The Pronoun• Pronoun – takes the place of a noun
• Examples:• I• Me• He• She• It• You• Yours• Their• They • Them
The Pronoun• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZFca8AkT0
The Pronoun• Reflexive/Intensive – always ends in -self or –
selves
• Examples• I enjoyed myself at the game.• Thomas hit the homerun himself.
The Pronoun• Demonstrative – points out a specific thing; there
are only 4 of them!!!• This, That, These, Those
• Examples• This is the best class!! • That is a cool car. • I really like these. • Are those your books?
The Pronoun• Relative Pronoun – begins a subordinate clause
(always follows a noun)• Who, Which, That
• Examples:• He is the guy who made the winning basket. • The car that I like is over there. • He really likes the pants which he bought yesterday.
The Pronoun• Indefinite – names an indefinite amount of
persons, places or things (amount is unknown)
• Examples:• I like all of the people at the party.• I like some of the people at the party. • I like none of the people at the party. • Everyone had a great time. • Nobody had a good time. • Somebody had a good time.
The Verb• Verb – shows action or state of being
(action/linking)• All sentences MUST have a verb
• Action verbs are things that you can do physically or mentally
• Linking verbs show state of being
• Examples:• I ran in the park. (action)• I am smart. (linking)
The Verb• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzY
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The Verb• Helping Verbs – help an action verb make clearer
sense
• Examples:• I will be reading the book tomorrow. • I must have that game!
• Helping verbs are considered part of the main verb, so you must underline the entire verb phrase!!!
The Adjective• Adjective – describes a noun (this is the only thing
it does)
• Examples:• He has a fast car. • I have a blue house. • Her dog is loud.
The Adjective• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs
The Adverb• Adverb – Modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb (most words that end in –ly are adverbs)
• Examples:• He slowly walked down the street. • I will leave the country tomorrow. • Please step up. Please step down.
The Adverb• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14fXm4FOMP
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The Adverb• Adverbs can tell where, how much, to what extent
• Examples:• He is very smart. (adjective)• I walked very slowly to the park. (adverb)
The Preposition Phrase• Prepositional Phrase – connects a preposition with
a noun (all prepositional phrases must end in a noun called the Object of the Preposition)
• Examples:• I am from St. Louis.• He went to the store.• She is at home. • The dog crawled under the house. • Mark ran around the block.
The Preposition• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfExXGMX2JM
The Conjunction• Conjunction – connects words, phrases, clauses or
sentences together
• 4 types of conjunctions:• Coordinating (FANBOYS)• Correlative (work in pairs)• Subordinate (begin a clause)• Conjunctive Adverb
The Conjunction • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc
The Conjunctions• Coordinating – For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So• Correlative – (Either, Or) (Neither, Nor) (Not Only,
But Also)• I went to the dance, and I had a great time. • I love music and movies. • He went to the game, but his favorite team lost. • I love college basketball, so I watch it all the time.
• I went not only to the mall but also to the restaurant. • He will either pass the test or fail the test.
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