Parts+of+Speech

= Parts of Speech =

All of the parts in the average sentence.


Now that I have gone through the history of the English Language, now I am going to teach you the parts of speech. It isn't just nouns, verbs, and adjectives, there is much more to it.
 * Nouns
 * Verbs
 * Adjectives
 * Conjunctions
 * Prepositions
 * Interjections

=__Nouns __= A noun is a person, animal, place, or thing. Some nouns, like teacher and engineer, can be used to describe both men and women. Words such as actress and actor, author and authoress, or prince and princess are used to describe one specific gender. **Common nouns** are typically a person, place, or thing in a general sense. Some examples are dog, cat, fish, and tree. **Proper nouns** are nouns that require a capital letter, most commonly when saying names. **Concrete nouns** are nouns that you can percieve using your senses. Some examples are beach, car, and park. **Abstract nouns** are nouns that you cannot percieve. Some examples are a childhood, afterthought, and justice. **Countable nouns** are nouns that you can count. In other words, you can make the word singular and plural. Some examples are socks and tables. **Non-countable nouns** are the opposite and cannot be plural. These are words such as oxygen and furniture. Finally, **collective nouns** are nouns that name a group of people, places, or things. Some examples are a flock, a class, and a jury.

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=__Pronouns __= A pronoun can be used to replace a noun or another pronoun. They can be useful to not make your sentence sound so repetitive. **Personal pronouns** are words like he, she, and her. A **subjective personal pronoun** is usually the subject of a sentence. **Objective personal pronouns** are words that act as the object of a verb and preposition. For example, in the sentence: They forced her to move away, her is the objective personal pornoun because she is the person who is being forced to move. **Posessive personal pronouns** are pronouns that present possesion, such as hers, his, and yours. **Demonstrative pronouns** are pronouns that point to and identify the noun. These are words such as this and these. **Interrogative pronouns** are used to ask questions. These are five of the most used words:who, what, when, where, and how. **Relative pronouns** are used to link a phrase or clause to another phrase or clause. **Indefinite pronouns** are used to describe people, but not anyone specific. These are words such as everybody and anyone. **Reflexive pronouns** refer back to the original subject of the sentence. Finally, **intensive pronouns** are used to emphasize the pronoun before it.

=__Verbs __= The verb is considered the most important part of a sentence. Verbs express an action or state of being. Compound verbs are phrases such as //will jump//. These verbs have a will in front of them to express something that will happens in the future. This also works with //was jumping// because that is something that happened in the past. **Linking verbs** connect the subject to the verb along with additional information. This is an example: Keila //is// a shopaholic. **Helping verbs** always come before the main verb in a sentence. These are words like //should, can,// and //has been.//

=__Adverbs __= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The adverbs modifies the noun, verb, or adjective. They usually end with an -ly, but they can also be identified just by the grammatical organization of the sentence. **Conjunctive adverbs** are adverbs that work like conjunctions. These are words such as indeed and nevertheless.

=__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Adjectives __= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">An adjective describes the noun or pronoun. A **possesive adjective** is an adjective that expresses the possesion of something. These are words like //our//, //their//, and her. **Demonstrative adjectives** are similar to demonstrative pronouns, but they emphasize the noun. These are phrases such as //that cord// and //these things//. **Interrogative adjectives** are used in questions like interrogative pronouns. It basically has the same idea except that it goes with the noun. **Indefinite adjectives** describe the general people and not anyone specific. These are words like //many// or //some//.



=__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Conjunctions __= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Conjunctions are used to link independent clauses and phrases together. **Coordinating conjunctions** are used most commonly. These are the words like //but// and //and//. **Subordinating conjunctions** are introductions to most dependent clauses. These are words such as //because// and //although//. **Correlative conjunctions** always come in twos in a sentence. Here is an example of a sentence using correlative conjunctions: Bring //either// a jello salad //or// a potato scallop.

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=__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Prepositions __= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Prepositions are words that link phrases, nouns, or pronouns to other words in a sentence. These are words such as //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">on //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">, //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">with //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">, or //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">around //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">. A **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">prepositional phrase ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">is the complete description. These are phrases such as //on the table// or //around my head//.

=__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A Tip on How to Figure Out if a Word is a Preposition __= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Read this incomplete phrase: The bee flew (blank) the bottles/birds. The blank is where the preposition goes. Think of a word that would make sense to be in that blank. Some examples of words that would fit are listed in the picture above. Whatever makes sense in that blank is a preposition because it describes where the bee is flying.

=__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Interjections __= <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Interjections are exclaimations used to express emotion. These are words such as //Ouch!// or //Yippee!//. They usually come after an exclamation point. Also, these are very uncommon in general writing, but it is mostly used in the beginning of dialogues spoken by characters in a story. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The words people use to fill in a pause when speaking (uh, er, um) are also considered interjections in some cases. Interjections are considered dependent clauses when there is no complete sentence after it.

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=__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">My Overall Evaluation __= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">I think I have learned a lot about each part of speech. I thought that I knew pretty much everything about them. I didn't know there are multiple types of nouns and that there are so many. Also, I found it pretty surprising that there are only three types of verbs when there are so many for the majority of the parts of speech. However, I think the number of types of adjectives is an amount that makes sense because there are so many adjectives out there, they have to be organized somehow. For a few of my parts of speech, I decided to do some School House Rock videos because I think they are very educational and even though they are songs for a younger audience, they still provide a lot of information. I am glad that I could share a tip that I learned in class about prepositions. I think it is very helpful.

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