Parts of Speech

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What are they?

• Noun• Verb• Adverb• Adjective

What is a noun?

• Nouns are words that name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.– Person: aunt, ecologist, Rodrigo,

father-in-law, child– Place: playground, city, living room,

Arizona– Thing: moon, whale, chipmunk,

Empire State Building– Idea: democracy, hope, respect,

impatience

More on Nouns

• A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses.– Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc.

• An abstract noun names an idea, a quality or a characteristic.– Confusion, grief, patience, clarity,

friendship, etc.

Singular and Plural Nouns

• A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses.– Salt, whisper, thunder, sand, scent, etc.

• An abstract noun names an idea, a quality or a characteristic.– Confusion, grief, patience, clarity,

friendship, etc.

Practicehttp://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/nouns/

• Write the plural form of each noun.• Reason• Person• Glass• Child• Keyboard

Possessive Nouns

• The possessive form of a noun can show possession, ownership, or the general relationship between the two nouns.

• Susie’s calculator• Morris’s strobe light• The Wilson’s newspaper• The boys’ headaches• The women’s meeting• The sheep’s noses

VERBS

• A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement.

• +The author summarized his story.• The artist cleaned her brushes. • The actor winked at the audience.• This banner appears dusty.

VERBS

• Remember that the tense you use with your verb is very important. If you write your sentence in the present (right now) the verb has to be happening right now.

• PRESENT• I am riding the red bicycle down the street.• PAST• I rode the red bicycle down the street

yesterday.

More examples on Verb Tenseusing the verb smell

• Present Tense: I smell the roses.• Past Tense: I smelled the roses.• Future Tense: I will smell the roses.

Action Verbs

• An action verb tells what someone or something does.

• The chorus sang the new song.• The chorus liked the new song.• She spoke the words of the challenge.• She spoke clearly.

Adjectives

• An adjective is a word that DESCRIBES a noun by limiting its meaning.

• Three dollars. (can use a number)• Chinese teacup. • Any person.• Purple balloons. (can limit by color)• Baby ducks.

ADJECTIVES can describe how something behaves or acts

• The boy sneakily put an extra cookie in his pocket.

• The dog is sneaky and playful.• NUMBERS can also be adjectives• She won $100 dollars in the lottery.• Moby juggled three apples.

Now you try

• I am giving you the noun, you add an adjective to it…. Describe it any way you want

CatGirlRoller CoasterClassroomTurkey

Adjectives can describe how much

• Some • Few• All• Most• A lot• Half• Are all adjectives.

Underline all the adjectives in the following sentences.

• Example: The thunderstorm (n) broke (v) electric wires(adj), patio umbrellas(adj) and tablecloths (adj).

• 1. The apple pie is delicious.• 2. Several large trees fell in the storm.• 3. I seldom wear my dress shoes.• 4. Fifty years is a short time in history.

Adverbs

• An adverb is a word that helps to describe more clearly the action of the verb.

• She ran quickly.• She has often won.• She is very talented and extremely diligent.• She almost always runs quite fast.

What is the adverb and how does it add/modify to the verb

• Write each adverb and what it modifies.• I am thoroughly disgusted.• Seldom can I select a good watermelon.• Please set the table properly.• Dan is an unusually good driver.• The air conditioner is barely working.

A lot of adjectives end in -ly

• Calmly• Quietly• Slowly• Beautifully

Some adjectives describe when or where something will happen ..

• We had a picnic outside.• Let’s have another picnic tomorrow.• OTHER ADVERBS :• TODAY• HERE• THERE• ALWAYS• SOMETIMES• NEVER

Adverbs and adjectives help use to see things better in our mind when we

read• The veteran will visit the school on Wednesday

for Veteran’s Day.• The security guard removes the bad student

from the classroom.• The dog barked so loud all night, we slept

through the alarm.• http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting

/word/adjectivesandadverbs/

EXTRA INFORMATION

• http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/verbs/• A verb is a word that shows an action• Verbs tell us what happens• A sentence needs a verb to show a complete thought or idea• You need to change a verb to match the subject• When you have a subject (noun) and it is single, you usually

add an s to the verb. The boy rides the bus.• When there is more than one subject/noun, you usually do

not add an s to the verb. You add the plural to the noun/subject

• The boys ride the bus.

Examples

• Complete the sentence. Moby _____ the bus.• A. see• B. take• C. rides• D. catch•

Which is the subject in this sentence? “The University basketball team lost the game today.

• A. Team• B. Game• C. Lost• D. Today

Which word is a verb?

A. DogsB. WhiteC. RunD. Ocean

Complete the sentence. “The students _________ to the library for class tonight.

• A. Walking• B. Walks• C. Walked• D. walk

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS