English Grammar 382w4p

English Grammar Speech Parts

 Nouns  Verbs  Pronouns  Adverbs  Adjectives  Preposition  Conjunction  Interjection  Mad Libs  Parts of Speech

Challenge

Index

Nouns People Places

Things

Example 1 Father

School

Toothbrush

Example 2 Pilot

Super America

Avocado

Example 3 Fergie

Leila’s house

Nintendo Wii

Verbs Action Verbs:

Linking Verbs:

expressing action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do

do not express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject

Flew, chased Flying, chasing

am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been

Wanted, learned Want, learn

appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell, sound, taste, turn.

**Exercise**

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Adverbs  Words that describe a verb  Most –ly words  Answers these three major question: 

Describes, identifies, or quantifies a noun or pronoun. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun.  describes emotions, colors, size, possession, and demonstrative  Examples: -The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea. -We have lost our way in this wood. -This apartment needs to be fumigated. 

These two hungry people need raw meat!

A goofy pair

Scary Marcia!

Prepositions  A preposition

links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.  indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence *The book is beneath the table. * She read the book during class.

 Can

be used to LINK words, phrases, or clauses  "and," "but," "or," "nor," "for," "so," or "yet"

 Interjections are uncommon in

formal academic prose, except in direct quotations

a word added to a sentence to convey emotion.

Some nouns are more fun to use than others

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FergieA Proper Noun 