PARTS OF SPEECH

PARTS OF SPEECH

by Christine Levene

Poll

To what extent are you comfortable with identifying parts of speech of words in text?

• EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE

• VERY COMFORTABLE 

• SOMETIMES COMFORTABLE 

• NOT COMFORTABLE

LET'S SEE HOW MUCH YOU REMEMBER. ​

​WHO AM I?

Multiple Choice

I express a state of being and I also express actions. 

• adverb 

• noun 

• preposition

• verb

Multiple Choice

I join words, phrases and sentences.

• preposition

• adverb

• conjunction

• interjection

Multiple Choice

I show relationship between two nouns, two pronouns or a noun and a pronoun.

• conjunction

• preposition

• adverb 

Multiple Choice

I replace a noun.

• preposition

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

I express sudden feelings of emotions like pain, joy, sadness, displeasure, surprise or excitement

• preposition

• conjunction

• interjection

• adverb

Multiple Choice

I modify nouns and pronouns.

• adverb

• verb

• interjection

• adjective

Multiple Choice

I modify verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

• adverb

• conjunction

• noun

• verb

Multiple Choice

I name people, places, animals, things, ideas, and emotions.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

​NOUNS

• ​NOUNS MAY BE CLASSIFIED INTO SEVERAL GROUPS:​

• ​PROPER: special names of persons, places, animal, events and things. They are usually capitalized.

• ​COMMON: general/unspecific names for persons, places, animals, events and things

• ​COLLECTIVE: group name

• ​ABSTRACT: cannot be perceived using your senses

• ​POSSESSIVE: showing ownership

• ​CONCRETE: that which can be perceived using the senses.

​Which type of noun is each?

• ​herd

• ​driver

• ​Pegasus Hotel

• ​school

• ​Joshua

• ​tree's

• ​pencil

• ​chest

• ​cat's