Parts of Speech

• Parts of speech

• This presentation is full of facts and activities to help you to revise the ‘parts of speech’.
• In speaking, reading and writing you need to use the correct ‘parts of speech’ for your words to make sense and to be understood.

• The eight key parts of speech are: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. These are sometimes referred to as ‘word classes’.

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adjectives	nouns	verbs
	pronouns	imperative verbs
	proper nouns	adverbs
	collective nouns
preposition	conjunction	interjection

• Parts of speech

• You will need a pen and some lined paper. Please click on a link to view the part of speech that you would like to study.

adjectives

• Examples:
• The old house had a lovely garden.
• It was a cold day.
• The beautiful dress cost £400!
• The grumpy teenager stamped her feet.
• The lazy man never did any work.

• Adjectives are describing words that usually come before a noun (the name of a person, place or thing).
• Adjectives can describe a look, a mood or even a character.

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