PARTS OF SPEECH Noun Pronoun Interjection Conjunction PARTS OF SPEECH Verb Adjetive Preposition Adverb NOUN Definition: A person, place, thing, or idea PRONOUN Definition a word used in place of a noun VERB ➢a word that tells what someone or something does ➢an action word or word of being ADJECTIVE ➢A word used to modify (describe) ➢A noun Definition ADVERB Definition Can be added to a verb to modify its meaning; can also modify adjectives and other adverbs performed Tells you when, where, how, in what manner or to what extent an action is Many end in “ly” , but not always! PREPOSITION Definition ➢ a word placed BEFORE a noun or pronoun to show its location or direction ➢ May also show a noun or pronoun’s relationship to some other word in the sentence CONJUNCTION Definition A word used to connect other words, phrases, and clauses INTERJECTION Definition ➢a word that expresses strong or sudden emotion ➢Used as an exclamation (!) by itself or with a comma following it if used at the beginning of a sentence ➢capable of standing by itself EXERCISE N° NOUN PRONOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB PREPOSITION CONJUNCTION INTERJECTION 1 2 3 4 N° 1 2 3 4 PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES PREFIXES SUFFIXES Prefixes are added to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning. Suffixes are added to the end of a main word. This often changes the word to a different part of speech. For example Unhappy Illegal Impossible MulticulturaL For example Harmless Restful Childish Likeable ➢ Some suffixes and prefixes are part of our living language in that people regularly use them to create new words for modern products, concepts or situations. ➢ For example email. The prefix e stands for electronic and so we see a growing number of internet related words being formed such as e–book and e-commerce. ➢ It is helpful to know the meanings of the prefixes and suffixes to then understand the meaning of words. EXERCISE WORD PREFIX ROOT WORD Midnight Mid - Night Unhappy Comfortable Respectful Flawless Disagreement Underground Happiness Preorder SUFFIX Synonyms Antonyms Synonyms are words that have the same or very similar meaning. Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings Small – Little Big – Large Begin - Start Always – Never Hot – Cold Clean – Dirty
