Rhett Eisenman

9 Parts of Speech

By: Rhett Eisenman

Conjunctions

Articles

Adjectives

Coordinating Conjuctions- These are called coordinating conjunction or they can be called FANBOYS. These FANBOYS are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. MAKE SURE YOU NEVER FORGET TO PUT THE COMMA!!

Interjections

Interjections are words that show emotion. Interjections will sometimes have have a comma after them if they are not very strong. You could also put an exlclamation point after it if it is strong and so it will stick out. Some examples of interjections are yikes, well, ouch, and many more.

Artiles are adjectives, so they describe nouns. The articles are an, a, and the.

A - The article a is not very specific that means it is indefinite. An example of the article would be a stranger.

An - The article an is also not very specific so it is indefinite. An example of the article would be an enemy.

The- The article the is specific that means it is definite. An example of the article would be the trees.

Subordnating Conjunctions- These are also called A WHITE BUS conjunctions. They combined dependent and independent clause together. If you start with a dependent clause you put a comma then conjunction last the independnt clause. The other way is you put the independent clause then the conjunction last the dependent clause. All of the A WHITE BUS conjunctions are as, although, after, when, whenever, wherever, where, while,whether, how, if, in case, in order, that, though, ever since, even though, even if, before, because, until, unless, so, since, and so that.

Adjectives answer the questions which one, what kind, how many, and whose. An example of the question which one is yellow sun. An example of the question what kind is furry monkey. An example of the question how many is sixteen candles. Finally, an example of the question whose is Caroline's book.

Verbs

Adverbs

Helping Verbs- Helping verbs are verbs that help the main verb. All of the helping verbs are am, is, are, was, were, being, been, be, have, has, had, do, does, did, shall, will, should, would, may, might, must, can, and could.

Action Verbs- Action verbs are verbs that show action, but they don't always show movement. Some examples are throw, read, and eat.

Linking Verbs- Linking verbs link the subject of the sentence with the noun or the adjective. The linking verbs are be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been, appear, become, feel, grow, look, seem, remain, smell, sound, taste, turn, and stay.

Nouns

Pronouns

Personal- Personal pronouns involve a person. These pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, they, and we.

Demonstrative- Demonstrative pronouns are specific. These pronouns are this, that, these, and those.

Interrogative- Interrogative pronouns are words that start a question. These pronouns are who, whom, what, and which.

Indefinite- Indefinite pronouns are not specific. These pronouns are any, all, another, few, many, each, one, someone, and somebody.

Common- Common nouns are words that you use everyday. Common nouns are people, place, things, animals, and ideas. Common nouns could be house, Mr. Johnson, marker, and cat.

Proper-Proper noun are name of something. They are always capitalized. Proper nouns could be John, Jack, Madison, and Haley.

Abstract- Abstract nouns are nouns you can't see, touch, smell, hear, and taste. Some abstract nouns could be love, bravery, and curiosity.

Concrete- Concrete nouns are nouns you can see, touch, smell, hear, and taste. Concrete nouns could be pencil, flower, and table.

Collective- Collective nouns are groups of things or people. These could include council, team, and committee.

Compound- Compound nouns are nouns that two words join together to make one word. These nouns could be keyboard, cupcake, and six-pack.