Parts of Speech

By: Teacher Ivonne

Escuela secundaria
Martires de Chicago
Second language

What Does Part of Speech Mean?

Each part of
speech explains not
what the word is
but how the word is
used.

The Eight Parts of Speech

Verb
Noun
Pronoun
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions

Conjunctions
interjection

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Adverbs
adv.
An

adverb can modify a

verb, an adjective,
another verb, a phrase,
or a clause.
The students quickly
do the homework.
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Lets Take a Closer Look!

Verb

v.

A verb is the
action
I will run, ran and
jump in the park.

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Here come the nouns!

Noun

n.

A noun is a person
place or thing.
Ms. Arruda is going
to Vegas this
weekend.

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Pronouns
pron.
Pronoun
A pronoun can
replace the name
or another noun.
Which show do you
want to see?

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What about the Adjectives?

Adjectives

adj.

An adjective modifies a noun

or pronoun by describing,
identifying, or qualifying
words.
The truck-shaped balloon
floated over the treetops.

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Conjunctions
conj.

You can use

Conjunctions to link
words, phrases, and
clauses.

I ate the pizza and

the pasta!

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Prepositions
prep.

Prepositions
A preposition links
nouns, pronouns, and
phrases to other
words in a sentence.
(on, against, over,
during, beneath,
beside)

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What is an Interjection?
Interjections interj.
An interjection is a
word added to a
sentence to convey
emotion.
(Ouch!, Hey!)

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Look for the parts of speech of

the next words:

Jump.
Beauty.
Beautiful.
And
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Quickly
Who
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