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Parts of Speech

Published on Apr 15, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Parts of Speech

Make our writing work!
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Noun

This is the subject of our sentence.
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A person

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place,

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animal

or thing.

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Which things are nouns?

  • tree
  • boy
  • pretty
  • dish
  • school
  • quick
  • beach
  • paint

VERBS

show action
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draw

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sing

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cook

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smile

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These words are all verbs.

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Verb or Not a Verb?

  • baby or cry ?
  • dance or shoe ?
  • swim or water?
  • face or talk ?

But wait-

There are more words coming up!

Adjectives

tell about nouns.
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funny clown

Funny is the adjective. It describes the clown.
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sunny day

Sunny is the adjective. It tells about the day.

loud music

Loud is the adjective, it tells about the music.
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smelly cheese

Smelly describes the cheese!
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We can't forget adverbs!

We ran QUICKLY at our fun run.

He walked SLOWLY.

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She whispered SOFTLY.

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The balloon flew UP!

I will run TOMORROW.

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Adverbs tell us how, when, or where the action takes place.

Adjectives tell about NOUNS.
Adverbs tell about VERBS.

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