Title: PARTS of SPEECH
1PARTS of SPEECH
Words, words, words
21 sentence 4 words
I am a student.
I study English.
1 sentence 3 words
My teacher speaks only English in class.
1 sentence 7 words
What kind of words are they???
3Verbs are words that usually describe an action.
1. VERBS
4Here are some examples
read
write
snore
5What are the verbs for these pictures?
sleep
scream
eat
nap
6Nouns are words that give names to persons,
places, or things.
2. Nouns
7Here are some examples for nouns
teacher
book
street
And book is the name of a thing.
The word teacher is the name of a person.
Street is the name of a place.
8What are the nouns in these pictures?
dog collar ears
boy clock cup
fish teeth ocean
9And in these?
bus
runners
streetlamp
joggers
driver
students
10A pronoun replaces a noun.
3. Pronouns
11For example
The teacher always comes to class on time.
She always comes to class on time.
This man is usually late.
He is usually late.
12So, what kinds of words are these???
day
look
leave
meet
you
college
tape
pen
run
they
sit
134. Adjectives
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
14- First find the adjectives in the sentences below.
- Then find the nouns that the adjectives describe.
My wonderful, sweet, patient, friendly teacher
has a yellow face.
This is my beautiful, old house at the fabulous
beach of Monterrey.
15A preposition shows a relationship between two
things, two persons, or a thing and person.
5. Prepositions
16The chicken family
The rooster walks in front of his hen wife.
The hen laughs at the silly rooster.
Where are the prepositions ?
And these chicks are hatching right behind the
hen and the rooster.
17What are these chickens doing? Use prepositions
in your sentences.
This one is sitting on her eggs.
And this one is lying on a plate.
This chicken is talking to her chicks.
18An article is placed before a noun, and it makes
a noun specific (the) or general (a/an).
6. Articles
19For breakfast I want an old rooster, five young
chicks, a basket of eggs, and an orange!!
20Hello! I would like the purple dress, the yellow
hat, the green mini skirt, and the police car.