The Eight Parts of SpeechWOC 1.3 Parts of Speech

• Nouns• Pronouns• Verbs• Adjectives• Adverbs• Prepositions• Conjunctions• Interjections

Nouns• What is a noun?

Noun• A noun is a word or word group

that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea such as…

Personsteacher

President Obamachef

Dr. Seuss

PlacesGrand Canyon

cityMadrid Middle School

Paris, France

ThingsGreat Wall of China

pizzaL.A. Lakers

desk

IdeasHappiness

Braveryliberty

self-control

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• London, England

Place

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• Mrs. Tanaka

Person

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• Capitalism

Idea

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• monument

Thing

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• Statue of Liberty

Thing

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• Hogwarts School of Wizardry

Place

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• mongoose

Thing

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• Freedom

Idea

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• Kobe Bryant

Person

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea?

• California

Place

Identify the nouns in the sentence.

• Pete ate peppers with pizza.

Petepeppers

pizza

Identify the nouns in the sentence.

• Jonathan climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.

JonathanMt. Kilimanjaro

Identify the nouns in the sentence.

• When I was six, I went to Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls

(I is a pronoun)