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The
Parts of Speech
The 8 Parts of Speech…
• Nouns• Adjectives• Pronouns• Verbs• Adverbs• Conjunctions• Prepositions• Interjections
The 8 Parts of Speech…• A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
• An adjective describes a noun. It tells how many, which one and what kind.
• A pronoun takes the place of a noun.• A verb shows action or state of being.• An adverb describes verbs, adjectives and other
adverbs. An adverb answers how, when, where, why and under what condition.
• Conjunctions “hook” together words, phrases and/or clauses.
• Prepositions are words that relate its object to another word in the sentence.
• Interjections are words that show emotion.
Why Learn Parts of Speech?
Why Learn Parts of Speech?
• Parts of speech are the building blocks of English grammar.
• Learning correct grammar is the foundation to improving your writing skills.
The 8 Parts of Speech…We will be studying the eight parts of speech
so hold onto your hats!!! Wow!We = pronoun
will be studying = verbthe, eight = adjectives
parts = nounof = prepositionspeech = noun
so = conjunctionhold = verb
onto = prepositionyour = pronoun
hats = nounWow! = interjection