The eight parts of speech

Noun: Names a person, place, thing or idea. There are four types of nouns:

- Common: table, place, chair, notebook, etc.
- Proper: Richiwi, Peru, Alex, Mexico, etc.
- Abstract: love, hate, charity, intelligence, etc.
- Concrete: hand, paper, bag, chocolate, etc.

Pronoun: A word used instead of a noun to indicate someone or something already mentioned or known. There types of pronouns:

- Personal pronouns: Small words that takes the place of a noun.

	Singular	Plural
First Person	I, me, mine	we, us, our, ours
Second Person	you, your, yours	you, your, yours
Third Person	he, him, she, her, hers, it, its	they, them, their, theirs

- Reflexive pronouns: Refers to the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the subject.

First Person	myself, ourselves
Second Person	yourself, yourselves
Third Person	himself, herself, itself, themselves

- Demostrative pronouns: Points out a person, place, thing or idea.- Indefinite pronouns: Doesn't refer to specific noun. This, that, these, those.

  For example: My shoes are those.

- Indefinite pronouns: Doesn't refer to a specific noun. All, both, nobody, either, anyone, everything, some, few, none.

Adjective: Word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

For example:

1. Blue.	2. Red.	3. Good.	4. Bad.	5. Mysterious.
6. Hard.	7. Easy.	8. Excellent.	9. Different.	10. Educated.

Verb: Shows action in a sentence. The types of verb are:

- Linking verb: Links a noun or pronoun, with an adjective or another noun. For example: is, are, seem, become.

- Transitive verb: Action verb followed by a word or words that responds: what? or whom? For example: push, eat, give, play.

- Intransitive verb: Action verb which isn't followed by a word that responds the question: what? or whom? For example: arrive, go, lie, sit, die.

Adverb: A word that tells us more about a verb by making its meaning more specific. It modifies a verb, and adjective or an adverb also.

Where? When? How?

How often? or How long?

To what extent? or How much?

- Modifying a verb:           Finally the storm is ending.
                                        The storm finally is ending.

- Modifying an adjective:  The snow was quite heavy.
                                        Driving was very hazardous.

- Modifying an adverb:     It almost never snows this heavily.
                                        I hardly ever need to wear my boots.

Prepositions: Links nouns, pronouns, phrases to other words in a sentence. They tell where,when, and how something happens. Begin phrases that end with an object: noun or pronoun. That is called the object. For example: of, up, to, about, above, etc.

Conjunction: Word that joins words of groups or words.

- Coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet.

- Correlative conjunctions: both... and, not only... but also, either... or, neither... nor.

Interjections: A word that expresses strong emotion. For example: hi, excuse me!, hooray!, etc.

In this presentation, you will be able to see the eight parts of speech as well.

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