Parts of Speech 5.

​Adverb ​-​ describing words (quickly, very, always) 

  ​ djectives ​and other​ adverbs 
❏ describe ​verbs​, a
▪ there are 8​ ​parts of speech  The children sing ​beautifully​. → d​ escribes a verb 
▪ every word has a part of speech  The ​extremely​ cute children read a book. →  
 
describes an adjective 
1. ​Noun ​-​ naming words (car, boy, Anne ) 
The children hug their moms ​very​ tightly. →  
❏ Nouns can be ​Common​ or ​Proper 
describes an adverb 
country Japan 
doctor Dr. John   
book Hansel and Gretel  6. ​Preposition ​-​ shows how a noun or pronoun is related to  
  some other word of the sentence (in, on, over, below) 
2. ​Pronoun ​-​ replaces nouns (he, she, they)   
Anne​ likes to read.  ❏ they are always in prepositional phrases 
She​ likes to read.  → a preposition + a noun or pronoun 
 
in the garden on a bed 
3. ​Verb 
❏ action words (run, drive, sing)  The monkey ​with​ ​stripes​ is cute. 
John ​drives​ a car. 
 
❏ expresses state of being (verbs ​be​: am, is, are, was, were) 
7. ​Conjunction ​-​ connecting words (and, but, yet) 
  has have had 
❏ connects words, phrases, or clauses 
Katie ​is​ ten years old.   
  bread ​and​ butter → ​words 
4. ​Adjective ​-​ describing words (little, huge, thick)  at the park ​or​ in the mall → p​ hrase 
❏ describe ​nouns​ and ​pronouns  Tom is wet so he changed his clothes. → ​clause 
   
The ​little​ girl cries.  8. ​Interjection ​-​ show emotion 
She is ​pretty​.  Ouch! Oh! Grrrrr! 
 
Determiners: ​ a, an, the, my, your, this, that, these, those, any  Wow!​ That jump was amazing! 
other, whose, which, another, some, every, many 
 
Exercise 1  Exercise 2 
Give examples for each part of speech.  Identify the part of speech of each word in the sentence. 
Noun Pronoun   
1. _________________ 1. _________________  1. The dog runs very quickly. 
2. _________________ 2. _________________ 
 
3. _________________ 3. _________________ 
4. _________________ 4. _________________  2. David is reading a book in the garden. 
5. _________________ 5. _________________ 
   
Verb Adjective 
3. Bang! They heard a loud noise as the man shot the gun. 
1. _________________ 1. _________________ 
2. _________________ 2. _________________   
3. _________________ 3. _________________ 
4. A blue light was seen in the sky. 
4. _________________ 4. _________________ 
5. _________________ 5. _________________   
 
Adverb Preposition  5. We sometimes go to Australia for vacation. 

1. _________________ 1. _________________   
2. _________________ 2. _________________ 
3. _________________ 3. _________________   
4. _________________ 4. _________________ 
5. _________________ 5. _________________  Homework 
  1. List 10 more examples of each Part of Speech. 
Conjunction Interjection 
 
1. _________________ 1. _________________ 
2. _________________ 2. _________________ 
3. _________________ 3. _________________ 
4. _________________ 4. _________________ 
5. _________________ 5. _________________