Parts of Speech
pretty, silly, smart, blue, cold, hard, wooden, smooth
What are adjectives?
What is the preposition in the following sentence: Plants were the first living things on earth.
What is on?
What is the verb in the sentence below: My mom took me to Mcdonald's today to get brown ice cream.
What is took?
An action... You can DO it!
What is a verb?
These words are used to separate two other words or phrases: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are conjunctions?
boy, pencil, school, McDonald's, book, teacher
What are nouns?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: The strong athlete helped his team win the game.
What is strong?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: You are an amazing student!
What is amazing?
Describes nouns and pronouns.
What is an adjective?
These words are used to show extreme emotion. They can stand alone as a one-word sentence: Wow! Eek! Yikes!
What are interjections?
myself, yourself, himself, herself
What are reflexive pronouns?
What is the in the infinitive in following sentence: My dad loves to read.
What is to read?
Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
What is an adverb?
This is the job of a preposition...
to show a relationship
on, through, between, beside, to, from, down
What are prepositions?
What is the pronoun in the sentence below: She was absent from school today.
What is she?
What is the adverb in the sentence below: After running three miles, I could barely move
What is barely?
a type of pronoun used to ask a question
What is an interrogative pronoun?
This is the job of a conjunction...
joins words, phrases, and clauses
What is the linking verb in the sentence below: I want to play outside today, but it is raining.
What is "is?"