Parts of speech for hs students, Summaries of English

Download Parts of speech for hs students and more Summaries English in PDF only on Docsity! THE PARTS OF SPEECH s of Speech Part An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one. tive, or adverb. It tells how, when, where, or to what extent. — = : Fee joins words or Css F ara ace er Se in @ sentence. PRONOUN  A pronoun can replace a noun.  Example: Mark----He Mary-----She Mark and Mary-----They PRONOUN TYPES: Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, whose, theirs Demonstrative: this, that, these, those Objective: me, you, him, her, it, us, whom, them Subjective: I, you, he, she, it, we, who, they Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves Indefinite: anybody, everybody, nobody, somebody PRONOUN PRACTICE Identify the pronouns in the following sentences: 1. They have never been so happy. 2. It was a really good day today. 3. She was upset with herself for failing it. 4. You and I should take a walk. 5. The candy is neither yours nor mine. *Your turn! Write 2 sentences and identify the pronouns in the sentences. ACTION VERBS Action verbs express action, something that a person, animal, force of nature, or thing can do Playing Driving LINKING/ HELPING VERB  Linking verbs, on the other hand, do not express action. Instead, they connect the subject of a verb to additional information about the subject.  Any form of the verb “Be”  Am  Were  Has  Been  Are being  is VERBS PRACTICE  Identify the verbs in the following sentences: Remember… verbs can show action or link one part of the sentence to the next. 1. Marion was the first woman to become Vice President. 2. I love him. 3. There is a large group of students in the hallway. 4. She danced all night long. 5. I will be 18 next month. *Your turn! Write two sentences with action verbs and 2 sentences with linking verbs. Identify them! ADJ. PRACTICE… Identify the following adjectives and tell if they are limiting or descriptive: 1. There are many good students in high school. 2. She was grateful for the interview. 3. I am a very intelligent person. 4. The basketball team was very adept in knowing the difficult plays. 5. The bluish-green sky was a beautiful sight to see. Your turn! Write two sentences with adjectives in them and identify them! ADVERBS  Adverbs are words that modify *a verb (He drove slowly. — How did he drive?) *an adjective (He drove a very fast car. — How fast was his car?) *another adverb (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. — How slowly did she move?)  some adverbs can be identified by their characteristic "ly" suffix  Answers questions such as: "how," "when," "where," "how much". ADVERBS PRACTICE…  Identify the following adverbs; then write out the question that corresponds to the adverb:  Ex: She ran fast in the race. (How did she run?) 1. Ashley danced very well. 2. I swiftly ran after the ball. 3. She angrily slammed the door shut after screaming very loudly at her boyfriend. 4. She is a very happy person to be around. 5. The night crept up stealthily like a burglar in a house. *Your turn! Write two sentences with adverbs in them and identify them! CONJUNCTIONS  Correlative conjunctions always appear in pairs -- you use them to link equivalent sentence elements.  The most common correlative conjunctions are: both...and, either...or, neither...nor,  not only...but also, so...as, and whether...or CONJ. Practice!  Identify the conjunctions in the following sentences; then, tell what type of conj. they are. 1. Ashton and I will go out tonight. 2. After the movie, let’s go out to eat. 3. Neither Sam nor Vinny ate lunch. 4. My true passion in life is writing, and I hope to get published soon. 5. Susan makes good grades because she studies every night. 6. Either you will put forth effort in your classes or you will not do your best. PREPOSITIONS  A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. Some common prepositions are: at, under, over, of, to, in, out, beneath, beyond, for, among, after, before, within, down, up, during, without, with, outside, inside, beside, between, by, on, out, from, until,  toward, throughout, across, above, about, around.  examples: The book is on the table. The book is beneath the table. The book is leaning against the table. The book is beside the table. She held the book over the table. She read the book during class. OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION  Infrequently, a clause will be the object of the preposition, as in this example: In class today, we talked about what Mr. Duncan expects in our next research essay. About = preposition; what Mr. Duncan expects in our next research essay = noun clause or the object of the preposition. Preposition Practice Identify the prepositions in the following sentences, then identify the object of the preposition. 1. I don’t want to go before the judge tomorrow. 2. Andrew tossed the ball into the air. 3. Sienna quickly ran across the yard. 4. Christian walked inside the house to get his dad. 5. Kalvin is a great musician and often plays shows around the country. *Make a list of all the prepositions you can think of. PREPOSITIONS VS. CONJUNCTIONS  Prepositions are connecting words.  Prepositions are words like: on, over, to, from, about, for, against, with, between, etc.  In general, a preposition “glues” a noun or pronoun into a sentence.  That is, a preposition is only able to connect a noun element into a sentence. Preposition=Introduces a noun into the sentence. English Study Here An interjection is a short exclamation that expresses emotion. An interjection is a part of speech that shows the emotion or feeling of the author. Most important interjections list; Aah: Exclamation of fear Ahh: Realization or acceptance Aww: Something sweet or cute Bingo: Acknowledge something as right Eh: Question something Eww: Something disgusting Hmph: To indicate displeasure Oh: | see / | think Oops: Making a mistake Ouch: Exclamation of pain Here Shh: An indication for silence English Study Uh oh: Showing dismay Whew: Amazement and/or relief Wow: Expressing surprise or admiration Yay/Yaay: Congratulatory exclamation Yeah: Variant of yes Yikes: For fear or concern (not serious) Yippee: Exclamation of celebration Uh: Indicates a pause / need for more time Hmm: Thinking/ Hesitating about something Er: Not knowing what to say Um: Pausing or being skeptical 20 Examples of interjection 1. Hooreh! We won the match. 2.Congratulations! you have a baby girl. 3.0h! we lost him. 4. Yeah! I got her number. 5.jesus! You saved me from those culprits. &. Good! Now we can start a new beginning. 7. Hey! Get out of the car. 8.ves! you are right. 9.No! I can’t do that. 10. Well! I have an idea to get out of this situation. 11. oh! you are also here. 12.what! I heard this the first time. 13. Bravo! This trophy belongs to you this time. 14. Hey! Will you please call me when you are going outside? 15.Look! I will not work for you anymore. 1@. Listen! I have to announce something special tonight. 17. Hurray! We won the tag-team championship. 18. Ouch! It is painful. 19. Alas! His father passed away yesterday. 20. Yikes! Her face is so terrible after the acid attack. www.onlymyenglish.com