Parts of Speech
Ways to show you know: Pick one.
- Pass the test with 85% or more
- Prepare an attractive poster that will help other students learn the eight parts of speech and what each does.
- Prepare a PowerPoint or Prezi that will help other students learn the seven parts of speech and what each does.
- Correctly label the parts of speech on 80% or 40 of 50 or more words within a passage from a novel or other book you are reading (not a grammar book).
- or -- Memorize and perform for the class "Rappin' Grammar"."
Part of Speech
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Function or Job/Definition
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Examples
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describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something).
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walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want, is
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usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened. (Adverbs also describe adjectives or other adverbs.)
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slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere
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a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.
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cowboy, theater, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival
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used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.
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I, you, he, she, it, we, they, anyone, yourself
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describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.
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big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important
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Preposition |
usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence.
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on, in, by, with, under, through, at
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Conjunction |
joins two words, phrases or sentences together.
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but, so, and, because, or, although
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an unusual kind of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks.
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Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha!
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