Parts of Speech Review



Parts of Speech Review

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Nouns

A noun is the name of a person, place, animal, thing, quality or concept.

|Persons |Places |

Nouns function in many ways:

|Noun Functions |

|subject: |

|direct object: |

|complements: |

|object of the prep: |

|indirect object: |

|possession: |

|The car runs well. |

|I bought a book. |

|Mary was president. |

|He walked to the store. |

|Sam mailed Joan a letter. |

|The woman's daughter left early. |

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Verbs

A verb is a word that tells what the subject of the sentence does, says, thinks, or feels.  Sometimes the verb shows movement (jump) or sometimes it shows how a thing is or that it exists (is). The verb also shows time which is called tense. The form of the verb or its tense can tell when events take place.

For example, the verb kiss (*note: kiss is also a count noun):

|Present Simple |Past Simple |Future Simple |

|kiss/kisses |kissed |will kiss |

|Present Perfect |Past Perfect |Future Perfect |

|has/have kissed |had kissed |will have kissed |

|Present Continuous (Progressive) |Past Continuous (Progressive) |Future Continuous (Progressive) |

|is/am/are kissing |was kissing |will be kissing |

|Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) |Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive) |Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive) |

|has/have been kissing |had been kissing |will have been kissing |

 

Pronouns

Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun.

Example: Carol is nice. She is also pretty.

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Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe a noun. Ugly, funny, big, round, and loose are all examples of adjectives. Some less obvious examples are: that dog, her bone, enough food, every room. Adjectives can also describe how much or how many: fewer friends, less food, more people.

|colors |

|quality |

|size |

|emotions |

|numbers |

|demonstrative |

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|blue |

|red |

|green |

|orange |

|fuschia |

|yellow |

|honest |

|loyal |

|sincere |

|efficient |

|confident |

|rude |

|big |

|small |

|tiny |

|large |

|miniscule |

|huge |

|sad |

|angry |

|happy |

|nervous |

|one |

|two |

|three |

|first |

|second |

|third |

|this (close) |

|that (far) |

|these (close) |

|those (far) |

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|action verbs of feeling |

|(can be used as adj.) |

|articles |

|possessive |

|(+ noun) |

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|interested/interesting |

|satisfied/satisfying |

|bored/boring |

|excited/exciting |

|* |

|a |

|an |

|the |

|my (tradition) |

|your (tradition) |

|his (tradition) |

|her (tradition) |

|its (tradition) |

|our (traditions) |

|your (traditions) |

|their (traditions) |

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  Verb+ED becomes an adjective when it is used to describe a person or animal that experiences an emotion We will call this adjective the Experiencer adjective.

One good way to remember to use ED to describe the Experiencer is to remember that both words start with E. The Experiencer is described with ED.

Verb+ING becomes an adjective when it is used to describe the things that cause an emotion. We will call this the Instigator (Causing) adjective.

One good way to remember to use ING to describe the Instigator (or Causing) adjective is to remember that both words start with I. The Instigator is described with ING.

 

Conjunctions

A conjunction is a word that connects phrases, words, or clauses. Conjunctions are often used as transitions.

There are two kinds of conjunctions:

|COORDINATING: connects words, phrases, or clauses |

|and, but, or, for |

|Gallaudet teachers communicate in American Sign Language and English. |

|either... or; neither... nor; both... and; not only... but also |

|Most students use either ASL or English. |

|hence, therefore, moreover, however, besides, consequently |

|I like to read; however, I hate to write. |

|SUBORDINATING: introduces subordinate clauses and connects them with the main clause |

|who, which, that |

|People who live in glass houses don't like children to play catch in front of their houses. |

|although, because, since, though, if, as if |

|Although I work hard, I'm still broke. |

Prepositions

Prepositions are words that express the relation of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. Prepositions show the relationships among things, people, and places.

|Prepositions of |Direction |

| |(to & from) |

| |Place |

| |(where) |

| |Time |

| |(when) |

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| |to the store |

| |from the library |

| |toward the floor |

| |in the hall |

| |on the ceiling |

| |over the doorway |

| |in a minute |

| |on July 4 |

| |at lunch time |

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Interjections

An interjection is an exclamatory word (or words) that shows strong or sudden feeling and has no grammatical function in the construction of a sentence.

Oh! Alas! So! Wow! Cool!

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