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NINE Parts of Speech
Definitions, examples and notes
| Term | Definition | Examples | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noun | Nouns are the names of persons, places, things, ideas or animals | boy Mr. Greene classroom Paris car book love democracy dog spider | A noun can be singular or plural: boy/boys ccar/cars. A Spanish noun will be either masculine or feminine: chico/chica carro casa. |
| Verb | Verbs are words that show action or existence. | run read feel be think make have believe | A verb shows the action of a sentence, but that action can be physical, mental, or imaginary: eat dream pretend. The most important verb in any language is to be: is, are, was, were, etc. |
| Pronoun | A pronoun takes the place of a noun in a sentence. It is a substitute for that noun. | he, she I, me your, their who, whom, whose that, which | There are many kinds of pronouns, but we will mostly talk about personal pronouns. Pronouns change depending on the job they do in a sentence: I, me, my, mine. |
| Adjective | Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. | big, small tall, short blue, red three, ten incredible wonderful impossible | In English an adjective usually comes right before a noun: fast car. An adjective can also come after the verb to be: I am tired. In Spanish an adjective usually comes right after a noun: carro rapido. In Spanish, adjectives change to show singular or plural, and to show masculine or feminine. |
| Adverb | Adverbs are words that describe or modify verbs. Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. | slowly, quickly not, never, always today, now, later very too here, there | Adverbs can change positions in a sentence. Adverbs tell us when, where, why, how, under what conditions, how often, and to what degree an action happens. In English and adverb often but not always ends with -ly. In Spanish an adverb often but not always ends in -mente. |
| Articles | Articles are words that show if a noun is definite and specific, or indefinite and general. They can also show possession or demonstrate which particular noun we are talking about. | The a/an my, your, his, her this, that these, those | Technically, articles are a type of adjective, but in our class we will treat them like a special part of speech. In English articles usually don't change forms, but In Spanish articles change forms for singular and plural, and for masculine and feminine. |
| Preposition | Prepositions are short words that describe the relationship of a word to the other words in a sentence. | in, on at, to, from under, over with, without | Prepositions almost always connect a noun or a pronoun to the rest of the sentence. |
| Conjunction | Conjunctions are words that connect one part of a sentence to another part. They usually demonstrate the kind of connection they are making. | and, but, or because although either or, neither nor | Most of the conjunctions we will talk about in our class are coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet |
| Exclamation | Exclamations are words that show strong emotion. | Hello, Hi Wow oh, ah, hmmmmm | We use exclamations when we want to indicate some emotion in what we are saying. We don't always have to use an exclamation point! |
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