Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

What are parts of speech?

Background Knwoledge

Have you heard of parts of speech before?

Open Ended

What do you know about parts of speech?

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What do you want to know about parts of speech?

Parts of Speech

• Parts of speech refer to the functions of a word in a sentence.

• There are 8 general classifications for words.

• They are:

Nouns

• Nouns are people, places, things, ideas.

• There are two (2) types of nouns: PROPER and COMMON

• Nouns can be found all over the sentences, but many times they are subjects of sentence.

• Anything you can see is a noun. Look at the room and name a few things you can see.

Open Ended

Look at this room. What are some nouns in this room?

Proper Nouns

• Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized because they are the names of peaople, places, and things.

• Examples:

• California

• Susan

• Harry Potter

• Disneyland

• Puerto Rico

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words is the correct proper noun?

• Elephant

• Basketball

• Kobe Bryant

• School

Common Nouns

• Common Nouns are all other nouns that are not proper.

• They are the every day, common nouns.

• Example:

• dog

• table

• backpack

• boy

Multiple Choice

Which the common noun?

• rincon

• juice

• harry potter

• mcdonalds

Multiple Select

Choose all the proper nouns.

• Patricia

• girl

• Harvard Law School

• paper

Multiple Select

Choose all the common nouns.

• Dairy Queen

• Florida

• house

• river

Multiple Choice

Find the noun.

We wrote a very short story.

• we

• wrote

• short

• story

Multiple Select

Find the nouns (theres 2).

My family is from California.

• My

• family

• is

• California.

Singular Noun

• A singular noun is a noun that refers to only one person, one place, one thing, or one idea.

• Ex:

• lamp

• book case

• chair

• desk

• boy

Plural Nouns

• It is when a noun means more than one, it is said to be plural.

• Example:

• boys

• girls

• books

• churches

• lamps

Open Ended

Write the singular form for these nouns:

1. children

2. televisions

3. schools

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Write the plural form of:

1. dog

2. student

3. car

Possessive Nouns

• Possessive nouns are used to show possession (owning or having).

• They are words that would normally be nouns, but are used as adjectives to modify a noun or pronoun.

• Possessive nouns tell you who or what the modified noun or pronoun belongs to.

• Example: The dog's collar is too large.

• The word "dog's" is possessive noun.

• It tells you that the noun "collar" belongs to the dog.

Possessive Nouns

• Add 's to the end of a singular noun to make it possessive.

• Ex: The sky's color is changing . . . sky + 's

• Add 's to the end of a plural noun that does not end with an s.

• Ex: We enjoyed the children's play ... children + 's

• Add only an apostrophe (') to the end of a plural noun that ends with an s.

• Ex: My sisters' names are Kate and Nikki . . . sisters + '

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct way to write the possessive noun?

A sincere person compliment is a valuable gift.

• persons

• person's

• persons'

• persons's

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct way to write the possessive noun?

The pony rider was too heavy.

• pony's

• ponys

• ponys's

• ponys'

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct way to write the possessive noun?

The class teacher was quite young.

• class

• class's

• class'

• classess

Adjective

• Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns.

• Example:

• funny

• magical

• beautiful

• purple

• young

Multiple Choice

Now find the adjective.

We wrote a very short story.

• we

• wrote

• very

• short

Multiple Select

Now find the adjectives (theres 2).

My large family is from sunny California.

• My

• large

• sunny

• from

Verbs

• Verbs describe an action or what is happening in the sentence.

• Examples:

• think

• walk

• beathe

• sing

• read

TO BE verbs

• There verbs are trickier to find, but they are still verbs!

• Is Be

• Am Been

• Are

• Was

• Were

• Being