Define the Part of Speech
Verb
Action words (they tell us about the action)
Describe nouns. For example, "beautiful"
Adjectives
book
noun
Sneakers are comfortable.
Noun, verb, adjective
Subject
Object
= who performs the action
= who receives the action
Describe verbs. For example, "quickly"
Adverbs
between
preposition
The teacher speaks quickly.
Article, noun, verb, adverb
Prepositions
They introduce place, time, direction...
Connects words or sentences
Conjunctions
an
article
They live in a big house.
Pronoun, verb, preposition, article, adjective, noun
Articles
They go before the noun. They tell us if the noun is:
- singular or plural
- generic or specific
Replaces nouns
Pronouns
happily
adverb
She likes to reads books every night.
Noun, verb, noun, adverb (time)
Write 4 options:
I love to read ........ book(s).
1. I love to read a book. (generic)
2. I love to read the book. (specific)
3. I love to read books. (generic)
4. I love to read the books (specific)
5. I love to read SOME books.
6. I love to read A LOT OF books.