Parts of Speech

(Overview)
I can identify different parts of speech in a sentence
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 The “Noun Group”
nouns, pronouns, adjectives,
articles*

The “Verb Group”

Preview verbs, adverbs

Nine Parts of Speech Miscellaneous

Conjunctions, Interjections,
Prepositions
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*controversy about articles

 Nouns: person, place, or thing
Proper Noun: a specific one with a
The Noun name
Common Noun: general category

Group Articles: specify which one

Nouns, Pronouns, Articles, A, An, The
Adjectives
Pronouns: replace nouns
Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Object pronouns, demonstrative
pronouns, etc.
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Adjectives
Describe nouns/pronouns
 Verbs
The Verb Have different tenses

Group Action verbs

Verbs and Adverbs “State of being” verbs

Other: Helping verbs,

verbals, etc.

Adverbs
words or phrases modifying a
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verb; can end in -ly, but

don’t have to.
 Conjunctions

Miscellaneous Coordinating conjunctions

(FANBOYS)
Conjunctions, Interjections, Subordinating conjunctions
Prepositions (AAAWWUBBIS)
Conjunctive adverbs

Interjections
Exclaiming or an “aside”
Hey, whoa, okay, um, right?
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Prepositions
Words that show time, space, or
location
 Practice:
noun, art., adj., pro., verb, adv., conj.,
prep., int.
1. The cute puppy jumped onto the couch, so we made her get
down.
2. Okay, I appreciate your help; will you tutor me again?
3. We drove through the creek in his new Jeep.
4. My favorite iPhone is lost; Brutus has stolen it.
5. Because the blizzard started early, our game was postponed.
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6. Our spotted goldfish survived, but he is moving very slowly

in the tank.
7. Um, I hate to tell you this, but that TV series was cancelled.
8. We are the champions, my friends, and we’ll keep on fighting
 Practice:
noun, art., adj., pro., verb, adv., conj.,
prep., int.
1. The cute puppy jumped onto the couch, so we made her get
down.
2. Okay, I appreciate your help; will you tutor me again?
3. We drove through the creek in his new Jeep.
4. My favorite iPhone is lost; Brutus has stolen it.
5. Because the blizzard started early, our game was postponed.
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6. Our spotted goldfish survived, but he is moving very slowly

in the tank.
7. Um, I hate to tell you this, but that TV series was cancelled.
8. We are the champions, my friends, and we’ll keep on fighting