Class Notes Week 1: Monday, August 21

Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Articles

A part of speech is the job a word performs in a sentence.

A NOUN is a part of speech that is a person, place, thing, or idea.

Examples of ideas include happiness, love, freedom, mercy, and justice. They are nouns you can
feel but not touch.

A VERB is a part of speech that indicates an action or a state of being. An action does not necessarily
mean movement.

Examples of verbs include to throw, to dab, to climb, to think, to run, to spin, to dive.

HELPING VERBS CHEER:

am is are was were be been (clap on each word)

do does did (punch down)

may might must (punch down)

have has had (punch down)

can could (punch up)

shall should (punch up)

will would (punch up)

being (jazz hands)

An ADJECTIVE changes or modifies the way you see a noun.

Examples include dead, small, yippy, tall, old, large.

An ADVERB changes or modifies the way you see a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

To jump quickly (Quickly is an adverb that changes the way you see the verb jump.)

To jump slowly (Slowly is an adverb that changes the way you see the verb jump)

To jump very quickly (Very is an adverb that changes the way you see the adverb quickly.)

A ridiculously pretty flower (Ridiculously is an adverb that changes the way you see the
adjective pretty.)

An ARTICLE tells the difference between a general thing and a specific thing.

Indefinite articles in English are a and an. They indicate a general thing.

The definite article in English is the. It indicates a specific thing.

Ex.

Madison sees a train.

N V IA N

Jonathan plays the old violin.

N V DA ADJ N

The teacher eats slowly.

DA N V ADV