Parts of Speech
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
adverbs
Prepositional phrase
A noun is. . .
• a person
A noun is. . .
•a place
An adjective is. . .
• a word that describes a noun
A verb is. . .
• a word that shows action
A verb is. . .
• a word that “helps” another
verb
Am, is
, are
, was,
were, b
e, being, b
een, has,
have, h
ad, do, d
oes, did, m
ay, m
ight, ca
n, could,
shall,
should, m
ust, ought
An adverb is. . .
• a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
•Often ends in –ly
•Can be at the beginning, middle or end of a sentence
An adverb tells. . .
• where
An adverb tells. . .
• when
An adverb tells. . .
• why or to what extent
•extremely•not•quite
An adverb tells. . .
•how quickly
gracefully lazily
A preposition is. . .
• a word that shows the relationship to a noun
on
under
between
in
Can you pick out each part of speech in the following sentence?
The large, black dog, quickly, ran across the field, today.
Let’s see if you got it right?
The large, black dog, quickly, ran across the field, today.
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