Parts of Speech Study Guide



Parts of Speech Study Guide

You need to know…

1. IVAN CAPP – all eight parts of speech and their definitions

(see back page for definitions)

2.) how to identify all parts of speech in a sentence.

3.) how to change a common noun into a proper noun

ex. common, boy; proper, James

4.) how to create plural nouns from singular nouns

ex. student = students (plural)

5.) how to create possessive nouns

ex. paw of a lion = lion’s paw

6. the definitions for proper, common, possessive, and plural nouns

7. how to identify linking vs. action verbs

ex. is = linking, run = action

8. how to identify the appropriate tense of a verb

ex. The boy jumped over the fence jumped = past tense

Tenses: Present, Past, Future

9. how to place the verb in its proper tense in a sentence

10. how to change nouns into pronouns.

ex. James ran to the store. He ran to the store.

11. how to identify the pronoun and its antecedent

12.) how to identify adjectives in a sentence and the word it modifies

13.) how to identify adverbs in a sentence and the word it modifies

14. ) how to identify conjunctions, interjections, and prepositions in a

sentence

Use your Cornell notes and your worksheets to study.

Parts of Speech and its definitions

I = interjection - a word that expresses feelings or emotions

V = verb - a word that shows actions, links a subject, or states a fact

A = adjective - a word that describes a noun

N = noun - a person, place, thing, or idea

C = conjunction - a word that links words, phrases, clauses, or sentences

A = adverb - a word that describes a verb, adjective or another adverb

P = pronoun - a word that takes the place of a noun

P - preposition - a connecting word that relates one word to another especially with location and direction

Examples: above, around, at, before, by, during, except, from, in

like, near, of, on, over, since, through, up, under, until, with

Definitions for nouns:

1.) common noun: a general person, place, thing, or idea

2.) proper noun: a specific person, place, thing, or idea

3.) singular noun: one person, place, thing, or idea

4.) plural noun: more than one person, place, thing, or idea

5.) possessive noun: shows ownership

Make sure you memorize the following:

1. conjunctions: and, or, but, so, yet, nor, for

2.) difficult adverbs: very, not, often, soon, almost

remember common adverbs end in -ly

3.) prepositions: see list above

4.) linking verbs: is, was, were, am

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