8 Parts of Speech

The 8 Parts of Speech

an overview

by Brigitta Schultz

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What are all of the parts of speech you remember?

​Noun

a person, place, thing, or idea

​

​Ex.

​janitor

​school

​pencil

language

Multiple Select

What are the nouns in this sentence? The dog peed on the carpet.

• The

• dog

• peed

• on

• carpet

​Pronoun

​a word that takes the place of a noun; refers to another word

​

​Ex.

​Miss Schultz made this lesson.

​I made it.

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​Mitch went to the park with his friends.

​He went to the park with them.

​Pronoun

Common pronouns include...

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​I, me, mine, myself, you, yours, yourself, we, us, ours, ourselves, he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, they, them, their, themselves, it, its, and itself.

Multiple Select

What are the pronouns in this sentence? Mikey brought it with him.

• Mikey

• brought

• it

• with

• him

​Adjective

​a word that describes a noun or pronoun

​

​Ex.

​The beautiful woman was a model.

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​He was very nervous for his first day of public school.

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​The and a/an are always adjectives!!

Multiple Select

What are the adjectives in this sentence? The dwarf hamster was small.

• The

• dwarf

• hamster

• was

• small

​Verb

​an action, occurrence, or state of being

"It's what you do!"

​

​Ex.

​give

​hike

​worked

​is

​forgave

Multiple Select

What are the verbs in this sentence? She was tired, but hiked after school anyway.

• was

• tired

• but

• hiked

• anyway

​Adverb

​a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

​Adverbs usually end in "-ly."

​Describe the how or when of the verb, or add something to the adjective/adverb

​

​Ex.

​happily, early, thoughtfully, so, not, very

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​She unfortunately submitted her very rushed essay late.

Multiple Select

What are the adverbs in this sentence? Shelly was very mad yesterday.

• Shelly

• was

• very

• mad

• yesterday

​Preposition

​a word used to describe direction, time, and place/location of an object or action

​

​Ex.

​in, to, into, about, behind, on, during, after, within, until, near, etc.

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in this sentence? She walked toward the door.

• She

• walked

• toward

• the

• door

​Conjunction

a word that connects sentences or words

​

​Ex.

​and, as, because, but, for, just as, or, neither, nor, not only, so, whether, yet

Multiple Select

What are the conjunctions in this sentence? Teachers assign tests and quizzes so they can see if students have learned the content.

• assign

• and

• so

• they

• if

​Interjection

​a word or phrase that is an exclamation

​usually separate from the rest of the sentence

​

​Ex.

​Oh!, Wow!, Really!, Congrats!,

Bless you!, No way!

Multiple Choice

What is the interjection in this sentence? Oh no! I forgot my hat at home!

• Oh no

• I

• forgot

• at

• home

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What are the eight parts of speech we learned about today? Do your best with spelling. You only have 1 minute.