The Crazy Eight

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The Crazy Eight!

• Parts of Speech

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Nouns

• A person, place, thing, or idea
• Two types common and proper

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Common Nouns

• Refer to one or more of a group of common
  objects.
• Singular or Plural
• Never capitalized, unless they are at the
  beginning of the sentence.
• Examples

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Proper Nouns

• Particular names of specific people, places, and
  things
• Always capitalized
• Examples Hines Ward, Pittsburgh, Heinz Field

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Adjectives

• Describe nouns or pronouns
• Two general classes of adjectives descriptive
  and limiting.

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Descriptive Adjectives

• Tell more about the noun or pronoun to which they
  refer.
• Examples sparkling water, thick shell, cloudy
  day, exciting game, green eyes
• Answer the question what kind? Or which one?

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Limiting Adjectives

• Restrict the meaning of the noun or pronoun,
  usually through numbers.
• Answer the question how many?
• Examples one bear, seven trout, fifty dollars

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Adverbs

• Describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
• Never describe nouns
• Some end in ly, but many dont.
• Answer the questions how, when, where, how much,
  and to what degree?
• Examples He was really tired. He arrived late.
  

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Verbs

• All sentences must have a verb
• Two main types action and linking

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Action Verbs

• Tells the subjects action its what you do!
• Examples run, jump, ski, swim, play, laugh,
  sing, shout, read.

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Linking Verbs

• A word that expresses a state of being and links
  the subject and the predicate
• Examples is, become, are, was, were, be, being,
  seems, looks

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Pronoun

• A word used in place of a noun
• Saves time by preventing the repetition of nouns
• Two main types personal and possessive

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Personal Pronouns

• Two kinds subject and object
• Subject pronouns must always appear in the
  subject of the sentence I, We, She, He, It,
  You, They
• Object Pronouns must always appear in the
  predicate of the sentence Me, Us, Her, Him, It,
  You, Them

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Possessive Pronouns

• Show ownership
• Examples My, Mine, Their, Our, His, Hers, Its,
  Your

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Conjunctions

• Join or connect other words, phrases, clauses, or
  sentences.
• Common conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or,
  yet, and so (FANBOYS)
• Not so common until, as, also, because

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Interjections

• Used to express sudden or strong feelings or
  emotions
• Usually stands alone
• Followed by a exclamation point (!) or a comma
  (,)
• Examples Hooray! Hah! Well, Yes, No! Ouch! Wow!

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Prepositions

• A word that has a position before a noun or a
  pronoun.
• Shows a relationship between the noun that
  follows it and another word in the sentence.
• Examples over, under, above, beneath, of, on,
  near, before, after, toward, at, to, by, behind,
  across, through