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PARTS OF SPEECH
Nouns - VerbsPronouns - Adjectives -Adverbs
Prepositions - Conjunctions Articles - Interjections
Transition WordsBilly
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Parts of Speech
“Words, which are the building blocks of language. . .” (Warriner’s p. 35*) are explained in this Power Point Presentation. Examples are given to explain the use of different words.
*Warriner, John E., Graham, Sheila Laws, Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition, 1st course, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ,NY, 1977
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NOUNS
Nouns name persons, places, things or ideas.
Example:
1. Explain nutrition issues
2. Dietitians and nutritionists do similar tasks
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VERBS
Verbs are a part of speech that:1. Show action (example: to run).
2. State something (example: to be).
3. Show condition (example: It seems.).
4. Most verbs change their form to show time (ex: run/ran).
5. Others change to show number. (Ex.: One woman was there. More were not).
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PRONOUNStake the place of nouns. They are
replacement words. Referring to persons or nouns: I, my, mine, me, myself You, your, yours, yourself, yourselves He, his, him, himself She, hers, her, herself It, its itself We, our, ours, us, ourselves They, their, theirs, them, themselves Who, whose, whom, whoever,
whomever Everybody, anybody, somebody Everyone, anyone, someone None, no one, no body
Referring to nouns: This, one, each, some, any, all That, either, neither, many, more, much,
most These, other, another, what, which Those, both, several, few, whatever,
whichever
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Adjectivesmodify nouns or pronouns
Adjectives (adj.) modify, make clear or limit the meaning of other words.
Descriptive adj. usually answer the question “What kind?’ Limiting adj. usually answer the question “How many?” Use a comma to separate a series or groups of adj.
Example:
The big, black, old horse trotted down the trail.
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Adverbs
Adverbs tell How?, When?, Where?, How much?
Words ending in ‘-ly’ are usually adverbs.
Example:
The fox ran quickly into the woods.
Clinical dietitians may further specialize.
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Preposition
A preposition begins phrases that show relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words.
Commonly used prepositions: see next page for examples.
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PrepositionsCommonly used prepositions
Aboard behind About below Above beneath Across beside After between Against beyond
Along but (except) Amid by Among down Around during At except Before for
From throughout In to Into toward Like under Near underneath Of until Off unto On up Over upon Past with Since within Through without
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Conjunction
Conjunctions connect words, phrases or clauses.
Some conjunctions are and, but, either, or, neither, nor.
Example: They’re planning and building a house.
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Article
There are definite and indefinite articles. Definite articles are ‘a, an.’ The indefinite article is ‘the.’
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Interjection
An interjection expresses strong feelings! Example: Oh, look!
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Transition Words
These are words that connect, change and transition ideas.
See the next slides for some transition words.
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Transition Words
To add: And, again, and then, besides, equally
important, finally, further, furthermore, nor, too, next, lastly, what’s more, moreover, in addition, first (second, etc.)
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Transition Words
To compare: Whereas, but, yet, on the other hand,
however, nevertheless, on the contrary, by comparison, compared to, up against, balanced against, vis-à-vis, although, conversely, meanwhile, after all, in contrast, although this may be true
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Transition Words
To prove: Because, for, since, for the same reason,
obviously, evidently, furthermore, moreover, besides, indeed, in fact, in addition, in any case, that is
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Transition Words
To show exception: Yet, still, however, nevertheless, in spite of,
despite, of course, once in a while, sometimes
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Transition Words
To show time: Immediately, thereafter, soon, after a few
hours, finally, then, later, previously, formerly, first (second, etc.), next, and then
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Transition Words
To repeat: In brief, as I have said, as I have noted, as
has been noted
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Transition Words
To emphasize: Definitely, extremely, obviously, in fact,
indeed, in any case, absolutely, positive, naturally, surprisingly, always, forever, perennially, eternally, never, emphatically, unquestionably, without a doubt, certainly, undeniably, with reservation
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Transition Words
To show sequence: First, second, third, and so forth, A, B, C,
next, then, following this, at this time, now, at this point, after, afterward, subsequently, finally, consequently, previously, before this, simultaneously, concurrently, thus, therefore, hence, next and then, soon
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Parts of Speech
Each ‘Part of Speech’ is important to all parts of English—our speaking, listening, reading and writing!
Enjoy!
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