Parts of Speech 1
Is this sentence a complete sentence?
Went to the game.
No. There is no subject.
Is this sentence a complete sentence?
Ran quickly to the bus.
No. There is no subject.
Is this sentence a complete sentence?
"I walk."
Yes. It has both a subject and a verb.
In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have these two parts of speech.
Noun (or pronoun) and a Verb
He ran fast.
What part of speech is "fast"?
an adverb
Form a sentence with a preposition of location.
The ball is on the roof.
This part of speech that modifies or qualifies often ends in -ly
adverb
He, I, his, she, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
"iron" can be what parts of speech?
noun, verb, or adjective
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways.
but
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:
We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
Identify the adverb in the sentence:
They often swim in the lake.
Often
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Fred wanted to show hogs or goats at the fair.
or
Is this a complete sentence?
“We summer in the Hamptons."
Yes, because "summer" can be used as a verb.
Aha! Gosh! Wow! Ouch! ...are all examples of what?
Interjections
What do all proper nouns have in common?
They are capitalized.
This part of speech shows relationships between words such as location
preposition
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
conjunctions
What abbreviations called. For example ("USA," "NASA," "UN", EU)?
Acronyms
Convert the following sentence into a sentence with a gerund:
"She loves to swim."
”Swimming is something she loves."
What part of speech is "run" in this sentence?
He went on a long run.
Noun
Identify the prepositional phrase:
The book is on the table.
What is ”on the table"?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
1. What do we add to a verb to make it a gerund?
2. What is an example of a gerund?
1. What is "ing"?
2. "Swimming."“He went for a swim."
What part of speech is ”swim”？
What is a noun?
What part of speech is "back" in this sentence?
"I ain't going back to jail!"
What is an adverb?
This part of speech can function as the subject or object of a sentence but never as a modifier.
What is a noun?
Identify the verbs
BONUS: Double points if you can identify the linking verb
He never does exercise and always sits on the couch, but he looks fantastic!
Verbs: "does," "sits," and "looks"
Linking verb: “looks"
Change the following adverb-verb sentence into an adjective-noun sentence:
"He runs fast."
"He is a fast runner."
Words like "very," "almost," and "too" can modify adjectives or adverbs but never do this to nouns.
What is modify nouns?
What part of speech is ¨"over" in this sentence:
"The giant walked over the hills and far away."
preposition