PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW by Mrs. Guthrie

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PARTS OF SPEECHREVIEWby Mrs. Guthrie
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NOUNS words or groups of words that name
Person Place Thing Idea
Dr. Phil forest
rain beauty Chuck Norris
city pets
loyalty women Italy
Eiffel Tower fairness team
Middle East jewelry
respect
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PRONOUNS words used in place of one or more
nouns.

• They stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Personal Pronouns I, me, mine you, your,
yours she, her, hers, it, its we, us, our,
ours they, them, their, theirs myself yourself
Indefinite Pronouns Anybody, EACH, EITHER,
none someone, one, etc.
Interrogative Pronouns who, whom, what,
which whose

• DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
• this
• that
• these
• those

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VERBS
Action verbs express mental or physical action.
Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the
subject with a word that describes or explains
it.
They danced their way into the championships.
Mrs. Guthrie has been grouchy.
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ADJECTIVES-describe a noun or pronoun
New boat
Refreshing stream
Lazy lion
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ADVERBS describes the verb, adjective or
adverb
They usually answer how, when or to what degree.
They often end in ly.
Sang LOUDLY
Ran QUICKLY
Purred GENTLY
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PREPOSITIONS show position or direction
Think of them as anywhere a squirrel can go in
relation to a tree.
On Under Within Below Around Near To For During Be
side
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INTERJECTIONS

• words of strong emotion
• (Usually followed by an exclamation point)
• Yikes! Dude!
• Oops! Hey
• Well, Ouch!
• Whoops! Oh!

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CONJUNCTIONS words that connect words,
phrases, and clauses
For And Nor But Or Yet So
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Works Cited

• Holt Grammar Handbook First Course
• Published by Holt Literature and Language Arts to
  support CA Content Standards

• Capital Community College
• http//grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ppt/parts.p
  ps

• Graves County Schools
• http//www.graves.k12.ky.us/powerpoints/elementary
  /farmrfrizzell.ppt