Parts of Speech

Stuff you should have learned in

6th grade but probably forgot 
 Noun
Person, Place, Thing

Example: Maria, China, Cat

 Article
Introduces, limits, or clarifies noun

Example: The, A, An
 Pronoun
Takes the place of a noun

Example: I, He, She, It, They,

We, You
 Verb
Action word. Many tenses possible.

Example: Go, Jump, Call, Be,

Run
 Adjective
Describes a NOUN

Example: Red, Big, Smart, Tall

Possessive Adjective
Describes who owns the noun

Example: My, Your, His, Her,

Their
 Adverb
Describes a VERB

Example: Swiftly, Well, Loudly

 Preposition
Relates object to rest of sentence

Example: Over, Through,

During, On, Beside, Against
 Subject
Does the action in a sentence

“Marie walked through the door”

 Object
Receives the action in a sentence

“Marie walked through the door.”

 DON’T mix these up ever
again!!!
 There: location (over there)
 Their: possessive adj (It’s their problem.)
 They’re: contraction (they are)

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 To: Preposition (I’m going to the store)

 Too: It’s too much money –and- “also” (I speak Spanish,
and I speak Russian too.)
 Two: 2
 Sentence Diagram
NOUN
POSSESSIVE
ARTICLE
PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE
NOUN VERB
NOUN

David threw the ball to his dog.

 Diagram these sentences in
your notes:
1. My sister likes going to school.

2. Your car is red.

3. The zebra lives in a zoo around the

corner.