Parts of

Speech
With Garfield and Dr. Phil

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"Parts of speech" are the basic types
of English words:

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Adverbs
• Conjunctions
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I’m getting old…
Clearly it’s time for
a life makeover.

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“I’ll be right
over,
Garfield.”

OK, Phil, I’m

ready for that
life makeover
we discussed.

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 OK, the first step is to
work up a psychological
profile. Let’s look at your
NOUNS first.

I’m sick of being

me. Make me
into something
else.

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NOUNS
People, places, things, concepts, emotions

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 Nouns
You appear to be a CAT in a BED.
You lack EXERCISE.
You have little AMBITION.
You need more LOVE.

Brilliant. You lack

intelligence. You are a
moron. I demand
silence.

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 Nouns These are all
NOUNS. A NOUN is
• CAT a person, place,
• BED thing or emotion.
• EXERCISE
• AMBITION
• LOVE
• INTELLIGENCE
• MORON
• SILENCE
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VERBS
Action or Being

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 Action Verbs
So Garfield, what type
of ACTIONS are you
doing on a typical day?

Well, I eat, sleep, sit,

lounge, make annoyed
faces, drink coffee…

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Action Verbs

Garfield, your ACTION lounge

verbs don’t show a lot
sit of movement!

make sarcastic faces

sleep

drink coffee

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Being Verbs
OK, this I
gotta see.

I’m better at
BEING than
ACTION. I can
prove it too.

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 Check this out.
Being Verbs Yes, you are good
at BEING. The
BEING verbs
include am, are, is,
was, were.

Garfield
was
here

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ADJECTIVES
Describe Nouns

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Adjectives
Adjectives show:
What kind of ____?
How many of ____?
How much of _____?
Which one of _____?

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 Now we need to look
Adjectives at your ADJECTIVES.
Can you describe
Well, now that I’m yourself to me?
looking, I’d have to
say handsome,
intelligent,
irresistible,…

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 Adjectives – what kind?

You left out a few

adjectives.

Adjectives such
as…. adorable?

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 Adjectives – what kind?
Garfield, you need Well, let’s start with:
to take a good look •Lazy
at what kind of cat •Overweight
you are… •Sarcastic
•Grouchy What kind…?

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 Adjectives – How many?
Look at HOW •DOZENS of snide comments
MANY bad •NUMEROUS excuses for not
habits you have! exercising
•SEVERAL tricks for sneaking food

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Adjectives - How much?
Your ADJECTIVES
also reveal just
TONS of sugar
HOW MUCH you do…
ZERO exercise
An ENTIRE birthday cake in one bite
MOST of the day asleep

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 Adjectives – Which one?
So, WHICH ONE do
you want to be…?
The SLEEK one?
The UNHEALTHY one? The FIT one?
The DIABETIC one? The POPULAR one?
The RUDE one?

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 Adjectives
LAZY
OVERWEIGHT
SARCASTIC
GROUCHY I’m not feeling
DOZENS of snide comments any love from
NUMEROUS excuses for not exercising you Phil.
SEVERAL tricks for sneaking food
TONS of sugar
ZERO exercise
ENTIRE birthday cake in one bite
MOST of the day asleep

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 I want you to get
excited about your
prepositions!

Location or relationship

PREPOSITIONS

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 Prepositions
Prepositions can show location, such as…

on his head

under the chandelier

under the foot

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 Prepositions
Prepositions can show relationship or time, such as…

for Thanksgiving
during dinner with pleasure

through the wall

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 Prepositions

Hilarious. How are the

following prepositions
working for you?

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 Prepositions
Prepositions can show location, such as…

on his head

against the wall in the car

beside his Justin Beiber

cardboard cut-out

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 Prepositions
Prepositions can show relationship or time, such as…

before the fatal bite

in a trance

with his “mini-me”

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For those of you who
need a list of
prepositions, the next
slide has a list of
common prepositions.

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 Common Prepositions
• about • as • by • of
• above • at • despite •off
• across • before • down • on
• behind • during • onto
• after • except
• below • outside
• against • for • over
• beneath
• along • beside • from • than
• amid • besides • in • through
• among • between • inside • to
• beyond • into
• around
• like
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 I need a
break…time
for a snack.
PRONOUNS
Subject, Object, Possessive

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The 3 types of
pronouns are:
SUBJECT,
OBJECT, and
POSSESSIVE.

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 Pronouns
A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
Just like this guy in the ugly costume.
guy in the ugly costume HE is taking the place of Garfield right
now.

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 Pronouns
This guy in the ugly costume is
about to meet someone famous.

guy in the ugly costume = HE

HE will accompany me to
Washington DC. HE is a lucky guy!

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SUBJECT Pronouns
He and I met Barack Obama!

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 SUBJECT Pronouns
He & I are subject pronouns.
They can be used as subjects of sentences.

It is a
I met cardboard
He met Barack.
cut out.
Barack.

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SUBJECT Pronouns
Use these pronouns
I with verbs, as the
You subject of the
He sentence.
She
It
We
You (plural)
They
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 Pronoun Challenge

Which of the sentences I’m holding uses the

correct pronoun?

Barack Obama met with my friend and me.

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 Pronoun Challenge

If you chose this sentence, you are

correct. But why?

Barack Obama met with my friend and me.

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 Me = OBJECT Pronoun
I = SUBJECT Pronoun
Use the correct type of pronoun.

Barack Obama met with my friend. Barack Obama met with me.

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 OBJECT Pronouns
Use object
pronouns with • Me
prepositions. about
by
• You
from • Him
for • Her
of • It
to • Us
with • You (plural)
• Them
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OBJECT Pronouns

It just would not make sense to say,

“Barack Obama met with I.”

“with” is a
preposition

Use object
pronoun
“me” here!

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 Which is correct?
OBJECT Pronouns
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield and I.
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield and me.

Exactly, Barack!
Now let’s take
this up a notch…

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 OBJECT Pronouns
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield and me.
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include Garfield.
The cast of Jersey Shore will now include me.

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 Object Pronouns
Phil is a lunatic! Clearly something is wrong with
him. Object pronoun

As for Barack Obama and the Jersey Shore cast,

Dr. Phil has no connection to them. Object pronoun

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 Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns show
ownership. Some examples include:

My cars Your car.

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 You’re gonna love this!

How? When? To what degree?

ADVERBS

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 Adverbs – How?
So…How do
you live your
life?
How do
you think?

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 Adverbs – How?

Most adverbs
end in -ly

I live colorfully.

I live carefully. I live bravely.

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 Adverbs – How?
rudely

Well, I’d say you

live your life…
lazily

unsuccessfully

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 Adverbs – When?
Adverbs also describe
WHEN something
happens

When will you

shut up?

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Adverbs – When?

Well, I might shut up…

eventually
sometimes
Adverbs
later describing
WHEN
soon
never

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Adverbs – To what degree?
Degree means how intensely
something is done or felt. It
can also indicate the amount
of effort put into something.

So I won’t be
needing this
thermometer then?

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 Adverbs – To what degree?

fully submerged

extremely goofy

very hungry

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 Garfield, get ready to
change your life!

Coordinating and Subordinating

CONJUNCTIONS

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 Coordinating Conjunctions

These coordinating
For conjunctions are
And your answer to a better
Nor life Garfield.

But
Or
Yet
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 Coordinating Conjunctions
An easy way to remember the
coordinating conjunctions is
with the acronym FANBOYS

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Coordinating Conjunctions
Add some coordinating
conjunctions to your life!

Be a

or
a cupid
pirate
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Coordinating Conjunctions
Add some coordinating
conjunctions to your life!

Be
and
Spiderman
Santa
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 Coordinating Conjunctions

This may be advice, but

you cannot possibly be serious.

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Coordinating Conjunctions
Add some coordinating
conjunctions to your life!

Be
so
you don’t
have to be

a cowboy a cleaning lady

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Now for some warnings about what
not to do via the subordinating
conjunctions.

Because
Although
These are some
When common subordinating
If conjunctions.
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 Subordinating Conjunctions

If you want to change your

look, don’t go too far.

Although you may like

Justin Beiber, you cannot
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 Subordinating Conjunctions

When selecting new

clothing, avoid this look.

Since there’s no one like you,

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You know what?
I think I’ll skip the life makeover.
But thanks anyway Phil.

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Remember the parts of speech:
•Nouns
•Verbs
•Adjectives
•Prepositions
•Pronouns
•Adverbs
•Conjunctions