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Identifying Parts of Speech & their Functions

Identifying Parts of Speech & their Functions. Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Adjectives, & Adverbs; Subjects & Objects. What is the subject ?. The young girl waited quietly for her mother. girl – this word tells who performed the action of waiting.

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Identifying Parts of Speech & their Functions

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  1. Identifying Parts of Speech & their Functions Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Prepositions, Adjectives, & Adverbs; Subjects & Objects

  2. What is the subject? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • girl – this word tells who performed the action of waiting

  3. Is the subjecta noun or pronoun? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • noun– it is a word for a person

  4. What part of speech is young? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • adjective – this word describes the noun “girl”.

  5. What is the verb? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • waited – this word tells what action the girl did.

  6. What part of speech is quietly? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • adverb – this word tells howthe girl waited

  7. What part of speech is for? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • preposition

  8. What is the prepositional object? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • mother– this word tells forwhom the young girl waited

  9. Does the verb “waited” have a direct object? • The young girl waited quietly for her mother. • no– there is no noun or pronoun directly receiving the action of waited

  10. What is the subject? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • He– this word tells who is doing the action of studying

  11. Is the subjecta noun or pronoun? • Heis carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • pronoun– “he” substitutes for a word that names a person, such as “Tom” or the “man”.

  12. What part of speech is carefully? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • adverb – the word tells how he is studying.

  13. What is the verb? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • is studying – these words tell what action he did. The verb has 2 parts. “is” is the auxiliary or helping verb, and “studying” is the main verb.

  14. What part of speech is important? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • adjective – this word describes the noun “grammar”

  15. Does the verb “is studying” have a direct object? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • yes– studying what? • What is the direct object in the sentence above? • grammar – “grammar” is the object of the verb or direct object

  16. What is the prepositional object? • He is carefully studying the important grammar in the book. • book– this word tells in what he is studying grammar. “in” is a preposition.

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