Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech
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Verb (V)

• The verb is perhaps the most important part of
  the sentence.
• A verb tells you what the subject of the sentence
  is doing.
• Ex Young Adam bites his juicy red apple.
• Ask yourself what is happening. What words tells
  us what Adam is doing?

• Young Adam bites his juicy red apple

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Noun (N)

• A noun is a word used to name a person, animal,
  place, or thing.
• Ex Young Adam bites his juicy red apple.
• Ask yourself what objects/people can I physically
  touch? Can I touch Bites? Or can I touch Apple
  and Adam?

• Young Adam bites his juicy red apple.

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Two Types of Nouns

• Proper Noun
• always write with a capital letter because it
  represents the name of a specific person, place,
  or thing.
• Ex) Sparky the dog, Price Chopper, Bobby

• Common Noun
• refers to a person, place, or thing in a general
  sense
• Ex) mall, store, cat, dog, brother
• Only use capitol letters if it begin a sentence

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• Young Adam( Proper Noun) bites (Verb) his juicy
  red apple (Common Noun).
• What words are not Highlighted or Underline?

• Young
• Juicy
• Red
• His
• What are these words?

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Adjectives (A)

• A word that describes a nouns.
• Numbers, colors, shape, texture, time, quality
• Ex Young Adam bites his juicy red apple.
• What describes Adam or the apple?

• Young Adam bites his juicy red apple.

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Possessive Adjective

• When put before a noun it is a descriptive word.
• Ex my book.
• It describes whose book it is.
• Your, his, her, our, their

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Complete Sentence

• Young (adjective) Adam (Proper Noun) bites (Verb)
  his(Possessive Adjective) juicy(Adjective)
  red(Adjective) apple (Common Noun).