A presentation about identifying and naming the different parts of a sentence.

1. Sentence Analysis
Parts of Speech

2. Parts of Speech
• All words are given a name based on their
function in a sentence.
• There are 8 parts of speech.

3. Parts of Speech
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Interjections

4. Parts of Speech
Nouns
• Nouns are words that represent persons,
places, concepts or things.
• Examples: boy, car, happiness, country

5. Parts of Speech
Pronouns
• Pronouns are words that stand in for
nouns so they don’t have to be repeated.
• Examples: he, she, it, we, you, they

6. Parts of Speech
Verbs
• Verbs are words that express an action or
a state of being.
• Examples: is/are, do/does, walk, believe,
consider, make

7. Parts of Speech
Note:
• Form of verbs, called verbals, can serve as
other parts of speech. Gerunds are verbals that
act as nouns; they usually end in -ing (as in
acting, the profession). Participles are verbals
that act as adjectives; they usually end in -ing
or -ed (as in melted when describing melted

8. Parts of Speech
Adjectives
• Adjectives are words that describe, or
modify, nouns.
• Examples: big, red, two, good, happy
• A special group of adjectives are called
articles or determiners; these include a, an,

9. Parts of Speech
Adverbs
• Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs.
• Many adverbs end in -ly, but not all.
• Examples: slowly, badly, suddenly, very, fast
• Adverbs describe how, when, where, why,

10. Parts of Speech
Prepositions
• Prepositions connect nouns to other words
so they can describe those words.
• Examples: on, in, before, into, at

11. Parts of Speech
Conjunctions
• Conjunctions are words that connect other
words or parts of sentences together.
• Examples: and, but, or, because, when

12. Parts of Speech
Interjections
• Interjections are words exclaimed to
represent outbursts of emotion or pain.
• Examples: ‘hello’, ‘ouch’, and ‘oh’

13. Parts of Speech
Note:
• Some words can be used as more than one
part of speech, depending on where they are
placed in the sentence. The word well can be
used as a noun (a place where water is drawn
from), an adjective, an adverb, or as an
interjection, for example.