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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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- Parts Of Speech (“kinds” of words):
- verbs = actions and states
- nouns = things (including people and places)
- adverbs = modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
- adjectives = modify nouns (and pronouns)
- pronouns = replace nouns in a sentence
- determiners = before noun phrases, including articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, and possessives
- prepositions = give adjective or adverb information relating to a noun
- conjunctions = connect phrases and clauses
- interjection = give “emotional” information about the speaker, but not about the words in the sentence
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- Many words can be multiple parts of speech.
- What part of speech is the underlined word in each of these sentences?
- 1 We need to learn about our past. - noun
- 2 Your friend just went past. - adverb
- 3 The past event will be remembered forever. - adjective
- 4 The fall colors are outstanding this year. - adjective
- 5 The leaves fall all over the ground. - verb
- 6 The branches broke his fall from the tree. - noun
- 7 The spring is full of mud. - noun
- 8 Spring into action before it’s too late. - verb
- 9 Don’t come near me! - preposition
- 10 Do you think he is near? - adverb
- ** I’m all set to set the table with this new set of dishes. - adjective, verb, noun
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- Many parts of speech have multiple “kinds” within them:
- verbs - auxiliary / main, action / non-action (dynamic / stative), transitive / intransitive
- nouns - count / noncount, proper / common
- adjectives - gradable/ungradable
- adverbs - frequency/certainty/manner/etc., gradable/ungradable
- conjunctions - coordinating / subordinating
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- This week: verb tenses
- (12 = 3 time frames * perfect/not * simple/continuous)
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