Identifying Parts of Speech & their

FunctionsNouns, Pronouns, Verbs,

Prepositions, Adjectives, & Adverbs; Subjects & Objects

What is the subject?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• girl – this word tells who performed the action of waiting

Is the subject a noun or pronoun?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• noun– it is a word for a person

What part of speech is young?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• adjective – this word describes the noun “girl”.

What is the verb?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• waited – this word tells what action the girl did.

What part of speech is quietly?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• adverb – this word tells how the girl waited

What part of speech is for?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• preposition

What is the prepositional object?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• mother– this word tells for whom the young girl waited

Does the verb “waited” have a direct object?

• The young girl waited quietly for her mother.• no– there is no noun or pronoun directly receiving the action of waited

What is the subject?

• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• He– this word tells who is doing the action of studying

Is the subject a noun or pronoun?

• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• pronoun– “he” substitutes for a word that names a person, such as “Tom” or the “man”.

What part of speech is carefully?

• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• adverb – the word tells how he is studying.

What is the verb?

• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• is studying – these words tell what action he did. The verb has 2 parts. “is” is the auxiliary or helping verb, and “studying” is the main verb.

What part of speech is important?

• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• adjective – this word describes the noun “grammar”

Does the verb “is studying” have a direct object?

• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.

• yes– studying what?• What is the direct object in the

sentence above?• grammar – “grammar” is the

object of the verb or direct object

What is the prepositional object?

• He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book.• book– this word tells in what he is studying grammar. “in” is a preposition.