Mrs. Micklitsch's 7th Grade Language Arts Page

 

Home Links Spelling & Journal Figures of Speech Parts of Speech Classroom Rules Worksheets Assignments

[left.htm]

Parts of Speech

Think of each part of speech as an employee in a business, the definition must tell what the employee does. The purpose of the business, Sentence Inc., is to state a fact, ask a question, or give a command. (declarative sentences, questions, imperative sentences) Just like at school, employees have different job titles when they do different jobs.

Examples: 

 

  • Mrs. M./ teacher = instructs students in the classroom
 

  • Mrs. M./ tutor = works with individual students after school
 

  • Mrs. M./ disciplinarian  = reprimands students who misbehave
 

  • Mrs. M./ daughter = she is with her mom
 

  • Mrs. M./ mother = she takes care of her children
 

  • The job that Mrs. M. is doing determines which job title she has. 

 Sentence examples:  

 

Dog / noun (The dog is barking.) = dog names a thing
 

Dog / adjective (We painted the dog house blue.) = dog describes a noun
 

Dog / verb (Don’t dog me!) = dog shows action

Definitions:  You will need to learn all of these definition and be familiar with the examples:

 

  • Noun—A noun is a word that NAMES a person, place, thing or idea.
 

  • Verb—A verb is a word that SHOWS ACTION or LINKS. (state of being)
 

  • Pronoun—A pronoun is a word that TAKES THE PLACE of a noun(s).
 

  • Adjective—An adjective is a word that DESCRIBES a noun.
 

  • Adverb—An adverb is a word that DESCRIBES a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
 

  • Preposition—A preposition SHOWS A RELATIONSHIP between a noun and another word.
 

  • Interjection—An interjection SHOWS EXTREME EMOTION.
 

  • Conjunction—A conjunction JOINS words or groups of words in sentences.

 Additional definitions you will need to know:

 

  • Article—Articles are the most commonly used adjectives: a, an, the.
 

  • Gerund—Gerunds are nouns that end in –ing and look like verbs.
 

  • Antecedent—An antecedent is the noun that the pronoun is replacing or referring to.

 Preposition Rules you will need to know:

 

  • Every preposition is part of a prepositional phrase.
 

  • Prepositional phrases always begin with a preposition.
 

  • Prepositional phrases always end with a noun or pronoun.
 

  • Prepositional phrases never have verbs in them.
 

  • Prepositional phrases can be removed from the sentence.

 

  • Prepositional phrases can act like modifiers (they describe).
 

  • Prepositions often show a location between the noun and other words.

Verbs you will need to memorize:

Forms of the verb Be:  am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, had been, will be, shall be, may be, might be, can be, should be, would have been

Linking Verbs:  appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn

Preposition Song:  (tune of Yankee Doodle)

With

on

for

after

at

by

in

 against

instead of

near

between

 of

off

from

under

down

below

through

over

up

according to

across

around

beyond

about

 behind

ahead

within

without

 before

beside

except

among

 with prepositions everyone!

[bottom.htm]