Parts of Speech
What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.
Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronoun.
Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, themselves
"Slowly" is what part of speech in this sentence?
I saw her slowly running towards me.
Adverb
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
a verb
A word used to describe a noun or pronoun is:
an adjective
"Teacher" is what part of speech?
noun
What is a noun?
Definition: A person, place or thing.
"He is talking to me right now."
What part of speech is the word, "to?"
preposition
"A basket of peaches"
What part of speech is the word "of" in the above quote?
preposition
"Dogs are my favourite animal. They are so friendly and cute."
What part of speech is the word "they" in the quote above?
Pronoun
"Purple" is what part of speech?
adjective
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
Conjunctions
What part of speech is about strong expressions of feelings? Wow!
Interjections
Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
What is the acronym we use for conjunctions?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
FANBOYS
True or false: A word can be more than one part of speech at the same time.
true
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:
We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
so, and
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live in the beautiful house down the street.
beautiful
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
I want to eat pizza or burgers at that restaurant.
or
Identify the two independent clauses in the following sentence:
Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways.
Jesse did not have much money
She went shopping anyways.
Example: I looked for a pencil
indefinite
What is a preposition?
A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object
The, a, and an are all examples of...
Which one is the definite article and why?
articles
"The" because it is talking about a particular thing.
What part of speech are emotions?
Abstract Nouns
What does an adverb do? Give one example.
Definition: Modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Examples: Quickly, quietly, easily, soon, often
Why are pronouns used in writing and speech?