N&K+Parts+of+Speech

 **Parts of Seech** **Noun ﻿-is a person place or a thing**

**There are three types of nouns common nouns, pronouns, and proper nouns.**

**A common noun is any person,place or thing** **Ex) The black bats flew rapidly over the clock tower. Common Nouns : bats, clock tower.**

**A proper noun is a specific person,place or a thing ﻿** **Ex)Sally dressed as Frankenstein for Halloween while Joe was a ghost.** **Proper Nouns: Sally, Frankenstein, Joe.**

**Pronouns: takes the place of a noun or nouns.** **Ex) Mom and dad decorated the house for Halloween, they did it together.** **Pronouns:they,it.**

 **Adjectives- words that describe a noun or pronoun.**  **Ex) The many trick -or- treaters ran away from the dark and haunted forest.** **Adjectives: many, dark, haunted.**

  Verbs - a word that tells what the subject of the sentence is or does. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Action Verbs-tells what the subject does. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ex) The wolves howl loudly at any trick-or-treaters. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Action Verbs: howl

<span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Linking verbs-words that link or join the subject with a word or words in the <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">predicate that tells what the subject is or like. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ex)The children were warned that they would become ghosts if they saw the wicked witch appear. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Linking verbs; become,were,appear.

<span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Adverbs-tell how when or where an action happens. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ex) The parents quietly snuck up on the kids to really scare them. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Adverbs: quietly,really.

<span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Comparative adverbs-compare two actions; adds -er to most adverbs to make them comparative; if ends in -ly use more <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">instead of -er. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ex) The sky was getting clearer as the trick - or - treaters arrived later than expected. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Comparative Adverbs: clearer, later.

<span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Superlative Adverbs- compare 3 or more actions. adds -est to make them superlative; if ends in -ly use most. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ex) Sarah's costume was good, Joe's was better, but Gloria's witch costume was the best. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Superlative Adverbs: good,better,best.

<span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Prepositions-a preposition shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ex) Above the haunted house the ghosts swooped below to terrify the trick - or - treaters underneath. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Prepositions: above,below, underneath.

<span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Conjunctions- words used to join words, phrases, or sentences. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Ex) Paul, Gary, and Jessica had the choice to be a bat, a werewolf, or a dog. <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Conjunctions: and,or. (but is also a conjunction.)

<span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Interjections- words or phrases that expresses strong emotion or surprise. Always end with an exclamation mark.(!) <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Ex) "Boo!" The ghost shouted as the owls hooted. " Hoot, hoot!" <span style="color: #ef9c15; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Interjections: Boo; hoot,hoot.