Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Mr. Akins

SMS Alpha English

The Power of a SentenceImagine, if you will, the universe. Many planets rotating around the sun and the sun returning warmth and light to them. Now, imagine a sentence. A sentence works the same way with the parts of speech

Sentence

noun

verb

pronoun

adjective

adverb

conjunction

preposition

Direct object

VariablesVariables are different things that effect the outcome of an equation. We can think of building a sentence like a math problem. Subject (noun) + verb + direct object= a complete sentence.

Planet Part of Speech

Function SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Mercury Subject (noun)

Who

Venus Verb Action

Earth Pronoun Replaces a noun

Mars Adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words

Jupiter Adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".

Saturn Conjunction

link words, phrases, and clauses,

Uranus Preposition

Anything a squirrel can do to a tree.

Neptune Direct Object

What the sentence is about

What makes a sentence• Nouns or Subject

• Verbs

• Direct Objects

• Indirect Objects

• Punctuation

The subject is the center of the sentence.

The verb gives the sentence life (action)

The object, typically direct, is what the subject and verb are doing

Example of Sentence Structure

subject + verb + what? or who? = direct object

Here are examples of the formula in action:

Zippy and Maurice played soccer with a grapefruit pulled from a backyard tree.

Zippy, Maurice = subjects; played = verb. Zippy and Maurice played what? Soccer = direct object.

Practice

1. Write down 2 nouns

2. Now a verb

3. 2 adjectives

4. Make a sentence using these words. You are not allowed to use a different noun, verb, or adjective. Use what you have.