parts of speech

Parts of Speech

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What are they?

• Noun• Verb• Adverb• Adjective

What is a noun?

• Nouns are words that name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.– Person: aunt, ecologist, Rodrigo,

father-in-law, child– Place: playground, city, living room,

Arizona– Thing: moon, whale, chipmunk,

Empire State Building– Idea: democracy, hope, respect,

impatience

More on Nouns

• A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses.– Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc.

• An abstract noun names an idea, a quality or a characteristic.– Confusion, grief, patience, clarity,

friendship, etc.

Singular and Plural Nouns

• A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses.– Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc.

• An abstract noun names an idea, a quality or a characteristic.– Confusion, grief, patience, clarity,

friendship, etc.

Practicehttp://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/nouns/

• Write the plural form of each noun.• Reason• Person• Glass• Child• Keyboard

Possessive Nouns

• The possessive form of a noun can show possession, ownership, or the general relationship between the two nouns.

• Susie’s calculator• Morris’s strobe light• The Wilson’s newspaper• The boys’ headaches• The women’s meeting• The sheep’s noses

VERBS

• A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement.

• +The author summarized his story.• The artist cleaned her brushes. • The actor winked at the audience.• This banner appears dusty.

VERBS

• Remember that the tense you use with your verb is very important. If you write your sentence in the present (right now) the verb has to be happening right now.

• PRESENT• I am riding the red bicycle down the street.• PAST• I rode the red bicycle down the street yesterday.

More examples on Verb Tenseusing the verb smell

• Present Tense: I smell the roses.• Past Tense: I smelled the roses.• Future Tense: I will smell the roses.

Action Verbs

• An action verb tells what someone or something does.

• The chorus sang the new song.• The chorus liked the new song.• She spoke the words of the challenge.• She spoke clearly.

Adjectives

• An adjective is a word that DESCRIBES a noun by limiting its meaning.

• Three dollars. (can use a number)• Chinese teacup. • Any person.• Purple balloons. (can limit by color)• Baby ducks.

ADJECTIVES can describe how something behaves or acts

• The boy sneakily put an extra cookie in his pocket.

• The dog is sneaky and playful.• NUMBERS can also be adjectives• She won $100 dollars in the lottery.• Moby juggled three apples.

Now you try

• I am giving you the noun, you add an adjective to it…. Describe it any way you want

CatGirlRoller CoasterClassroomTurkey

Adjectives can describe how much

• Some • Few• All• Most• A lot• Half• Are all adjectives.

Underline all the adjectives in the following sentences.

• Example: The thunderstorm (n) broke (v) electric wires(adj), patio umbrellas(adj) and tablecloths (adj).

• 1. The apple pie is delicious.• 2. Several large trees fell in the storm.• 3. I seldom wear my dress shoes.• 4. Fifty years is a short time in history.

Adverbs

• An adverb is a word that helps to describe more clearly the action of the verb.

• She ran quickly.• She has often won.• She is very talented and extremely diligent.• She almost always runs quite fast.

What is the adverb and how does it add/modify to the verb

• Write each adverb and what it modifies.• I am thoroughly disgusted.• Seldom can I select a good watermelon.• Please set the table properly.• Dan is an unusually good driver.• The air conditioner is barely working.

A lot of adjectives end in -ly

• Calmly• Quietly• Slowly• Beautifully

Some adjectives describe when or where something will happen ..

• We had a picnic outside.• Let’s have another picnic tomorrow.• OTHER ADVERBS :• TODAY• HERE• THERE• ALWAYS• SOMETIMES• NEVER

Adverbs and adjectives help use to see things better in our mind when we read

• The veteran will visit the school on Wednesday for Veteran’s Day.

• The security guard removes the bad student from the classroom.

• The dog barked so loud all night, we slept through the alarm.

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EXTRA INFORMATION• http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/verbs/• A verb is a word that shows an action• Verbs tell us what happens• A sentence needs a verb to show a complete thought or idea• You need to change a verb to match the subject• When you have a subject (noun) and it is single, you usually

add an s to the verb. The boy rides the bus.• When there is more than one subject/noun, you usually do not

add an s to the verb. You add the plural to the noun/subject• The boys ride the bus.

Examples

• Complete the sentence. Moby _____ the bus.• A. see• B. take• C. rides• D. catch•

Which is the subject in this sentence? “The University basketball team lost the game today.

• A. Team• B. Game• C. Lost• D. Today

Which word is a verb?

A. DogsB. WhiteC. RunD. Ocean

Complete the sentence. “The students _________ to the library for class tonight.

• A. Walking• B. Walks• C. Walked• D. walk

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS