Understanding Parts of speech - Chorlton High School
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Part of Speech What?: To understand the different Parts of Speech and how they function in sentences. How?: by revising my knowledge of Parts of Speech from KS2 and completing mini grammar quizzes Why?: This will help me to write with more accuracy and add detail and shades of meaning to my written work. Starter: What is a Part of Speech? Write a definition in your books. September, 2017 Task 2: Look at the following examples and name the different Parts of speech. 1. Suddenly, the cat leapt over the wall, running away from the dog. 2. Tom looked outside his window and thought about the kind of day he would be facing. 3. The boy hurried towards the train station hoping to catch the ride.
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Part of SpeechWhat?: To understand the different Parts of Speech and how they function in sentences.
How?: by revising my knowledge of Parts of Speech from KS2 and completing mini grammar
quizzes
Why?: This will help me to write with more accuracy and add detail and shades of meaning to my
written work.
Starter:
What is a Part of Speech?
Write a definition in your books.
September, 2017
Task 2:
Look at the following examples and name
the different Parts of speech.
1. Suddenly, the cat leapt over the
wall, running away from the dog.
2. Tom looked outside his window and
thought about the kind of day he
would be facing.
3. The boy hurried towards the train
station hoping to catch the ride.
What is a Part of Speech?
- A Part of Speech is a
word that serves a
particular function in a
sentence.
- There are eight (9)
Parts of Speech.
Article
Nouns A word that names a place, person, animal or thing.
Place: Person: Animal: Thing:
London Michael cat table
Library nurse horse chair
Chorlton Tom tiger vehicle
United States of America firefighter Pitbull water
EXT:
Note that Nouns can be grouped into three categories:
Common nouns: begin with common letters and name ordinary things.
Proper nouns: begin with Capital Letters and name specific things.
Collective nouns: used to name a group of this, for example, ‘a flock of sheep,’ ‘ a herd of cattle.’
It is Saturday.The sun shines
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun.
It can take the place of a person, place, animal or thing.
I You He She
It We They Them
Adjectives
An adjective describes a noun.
It tells what kind, how many or which one.
What kind: How many: Which one:
Cheerful More this
Idle Two that
Verbs
The verb tells what action someone or something is doing.
Action: State of being:
Walk am is was
Stroll were are
Laugh
Jump
skip
Adverbs
Adverbs describe the verb or action.
They tell how, when, where or to what degree the action is happening.
When: Where: How:
Tomorrow outside slowly
Last night inside quickly
Prepositions
A preposition combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence.
From to with
over after
Conjunctions
Conjunctions join together single words or groups of words in a sentence
And but or nor
because
Interjections
Interjections express strong feelings or emotions.
They can be single words or phrases.
Help! Aghhh! Ouch! Oh dear!
Eww! My goodness! Whew!
Articles
Articles signal that a noun is going to follow in a sentence.
The An
A
Two things I need to remember are…
This is an important skill because…
Another key point….
Which point do you need
to remember & reflect
on?
Let’s review!
