PARTS OF SPEECHREVIEW

by Mrs. Guthrie

NOUNS – words or groups of words that name…

Person Place Thing Idea

Dr. Phil forest rain beautyChuck Norris city pets loyaltywomen Italy Eiffel Tower fairnessteam Middle East jewelry respect

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

•this•that•these•those

PRONOUNS – words used in place of one or more nouns.

Personal PronounsI, me, mineyou, your, yoursshe, her, hers,it, itswe, us, our, oursthey, them, their, theirsmyselfyourself

Interrogative

Pronouns

who, whom, what, whichwhose

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

Indefinite PronounsAnybody, EACH,

EITHER, nonesomeone, one, etc.

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.

ADJECTIVES-describe a noun or pronoun

Refreshing stream Lazy lion

New boat

ADVERBS – describes the verb, adjective or adverb

Purred GENTLY Ran QUICKLY

Sang LOUDLY

They usually answer: They usually answer: how,how, whenwhen or or to what degreeto what degree..

They often end in “ly.”They often end in “ly.”

PREPOSITIONS – show position or direction

Think of them as anywhere a squirrel can go in relation to a

tree.

OnOnUnderUnderWithinWithinBelowBelowAroundAroundNearNearToToForForDuringDuringBeside

words of strong emotion words of strong emotion

(Usually followed by an exclamation point)(Usually followed by an exclamation point)

Yikes! Dude!Yikes! Dude!

Oops! HeyOops! Hey

Well, Ouch!Well, Ouch!

Whoops! Oh!Whoops! Oh!

CONJUNCTIONS – words that connect words,

phrases, and clausesFForor

AAndnd

NNoror

BButut

OOrr

YYetet

SSoo

Works Cited

Holt Grammar Handbook – First Course

Published by Holt Literature and Language Arts to support CA Content Standards

Graves County Schools

http://www.graves.k12.ky.us/powerpoints/elementary/farmrfrizzell.ppt

Capital Community College

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ppt/parts.pps