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How many parts of speech did you study last year?
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Parts of SpeechParts of SpeechThe Building Blocks of Good The Building Blocks of Good
WritingWriting
How many parts of speech did you study
last year?
What are the 8 parts of speech?
• Nouns• Pronouns• Adjectives• Prepositions
• Verbs• Adverbs• Conjunctions• Interjections
NOUNS
•People•Places•Things•Ideas
PRONOUNS
• A word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
Ask Dan if Dan has done Dan’s homework.Ask Dan if he has done his homework.
ADJECTIVES
An adjective is a word that describes, or modifies, a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives tellWhat kind?
Which one?
How many?
How much?
VERBS
• A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. Verbs are what you do!
ADVERBS
• An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
An adverb answers the following
questions:Where? How
often?To what extent?
When? How? How much?
How long?
Prepositions
• A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. Do you remember learning the prepositions last year????
Conjunctions
• A conjunctions joins words or groups of words. The hook up words, phrases, or clauses that go together in the sentence.
Interjections
• These words show strong feelings.
Class Project
• Complete the worksheet that you are given describing yourself and things that are important to you. Make sure you hang on to it!
ANY QUESTIONS?