General Grammar

The Eight Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech Activity Index:

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Latin I - Parts of Speech - Nouns

(18 nouns x 5 points each = 90 pts.)

Here is a quick list of the eight parts of speech for reference:

noun
adverb
verb
preposition
pronoun
conjunction
adjective
interjection

Let's take a look at the NOUN!

What is a noun???? A noun is a word that can be the name of:

a person - girl, teacher, friend, Minerva, Jupiter, Caesar
an animal - goat, Centaur, Cerberus
a place island, - city, country, Rome, Italy
a thing - map, sea, picture, island, road
an event - birth, marriage, graduation, death
an idea - peace, war, love, virtue, luxury or concept

A noun which names something that is tangible, means you can touch it.

table

letter

A noun which names something that is abstract/intangible means you cannot touch it.

love

speed

fear

jealousy

To help you recognize nouns, read this paragraph where the nouns are in highlighted.

The Romans, at the time of the Empire, imported goods from countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Fancy inlaid furniture manufactured in Asia Minor decorated the rooms of the wealthy Romans, while Greek statues and finely painted vases decorated the garden and atrium. Spices for foods and medicines made up a great market in Rome, and marble in various colors was imported to decorate the temples. The unfavorable balance of trade was so serious a problem under the Emperor Vespasian that he set up a special investigation to find out why Rome was sending out so much money for imports.

Activity

Circle the nouns in the following sentences (18 nouns x 5 points each = 90 pts.):

Diana was the goddess of the moon.
Phoebus Apollo, her twin brother, was the god of the sun.
Mars was the god of war.
Juno was the goddess of marriage and childbirth.
These deities lived on Mt. Olympus, and thus they were called the Olympians.

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