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Parts of Speech Notes/ Practice

Part of
Speech

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

Pronoun

Preposition

Conjunctio
n

Definition

Example
Words

A word
denoting a
person,
place,
thing, or
idea
A word
denoting an
action,
occurrence,
or state of
being

pen, dog, work,

music, town,
London,
teacher, John

Function as the
subject of the
sentence.

(to) be, have,

do, like, work,
sing, met, must

Its what you

do

A word
used to
describe a
noun and
pronoun.
Describes a
verb,
adjective,
or another
adverb

Replaces a
noun in a
sentence,
assigning
people or
things as
the subject.

A word that
establishes
a
relationship
between its
object and
another
word in the
sentence
A word that
functions as
a connector

some, good,
big, red,
interesting
quickly,
silently, well,
badly, very,
really

Functions/Whe
re to find
them?

Example
Sentence
s
John, my
brother, is
a
profession
al
musician.
My parents
met my
boyfriend
last
Sunday.

Generally
appear
immediately
before the words
they modify.

The young
child
begged for
a bedtime
story.

-Many times
adverbs end in
ly

-Kara
willingly
helped me
study for
my science
exam.

-All adverbs
identify when,
where, how, how
far, how much,
-Kara
etc.
never loses
her
temper.
He met his
friends at
the movies
on Friday
night.

I, you, he, she,

we, they, your

Functions as
nouns do.

on, between,
down, in, of,
since, to, etc.

The relationship
can be one of
time, space,
direction, place
accompaniment,
cause, or
manner

Jack sat
behind Jill
on the bus.

for, and, nor,

but, or, yet,
so(coordinating

There are
coordinating,
correlating, and

I work
part-time
although I

Tips to help you recognize the part of speech!

NOUN
The word is probably a noun if
You can make it plural or singular (one book, two books)
You can make it possessive (book, book's pages; girl, girls'
dresses)
It can follow a prepositional phrase such as to the, with the,
from the.
You can place the word a, an, or the in front of it.

VERB
The word is probably a verb if
You can use will, shall,
can, could, may, might,
must, should, or would
in front of the word.
Examples: will
come, could go,
would miss
ADJECTIVE
The word is probably an adjective if
You can add -er or est
to the word (happy-happier--happiest)
You can use more or
most in front of it
(beautiful, more
beautiful, most
beautiful)
You can use the words very or quite in front of it (she wore
a very bright, daring costume)

ADVERB
The word is probably an adverb if
There is an ly suffix (happily)
The word or phrase can be moved to another place in the
sentence and still make sense
Examples:
o He usually goes to school.
o Usually, he goes to school.
o He goes to school usually
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PRONOUN
The word is probably a pronoun if
You can substitute the word for a noun
Examples: me, mine, you, he, her, it, we, these, one,
everybody (not a complete list)
PREPOSITION
These words must be followed by a noun object. Prepositions only occur in
prepositional phrases.
(This is not a complete list)
above, as, by, except, over, upon, across, because of,
concerning,
near, past, against, before, despite, of, since,
with, along, behind,
down, off, from, within, between, due to,
on, below, throughout,
among, beyond, during, out, under,
through, etc.
CONJUNCTION
The word is probably a conjunction if
The word serves as a connector between words,
phrases, or clauses. (There are coordinating correlating,
and subordinating conjunctions)
Example:
o He was not handsome, yet he was a very
successful actor.
Miss. Elias examples:
Noun:

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Adjective:

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Adverb:

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Interjection:

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Preposition:

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Conjunction:

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Now its your turn! Underline the word(s)
and label which part of speech is present
within each sentence. Explain why it qualifies.

1) The ball rolled past the catcher and all the way
back to the backstop.

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2) The ball rolled past the catcher and all the way back to the backstop.

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3) My mother is very smart.

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4) My mother is very smart.

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5) The broken printer needs to be replaced.

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6) The broken printer needs to be replaced.

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