Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea
noun
"Run" is what part of speech?
verb
A word used to describe an action:
a verb
A word used to describe a noun:
an adjective
"classroom" is what part of speech?
noun
Identify the adjective in this sentence:
My cat is friendly.
Friendly
Identify the indefinite pronoun in this sentence:
Somebody stole my pencil.
Somebody
Identify the preposition in the sentence:
Put your finished work in the red basket.
In
Identify the interjection in the sentence:
Hey! She bit my sandwich!
Hey!
"anything" is what part of speech?
indefinite pronoun
Identify the noun in the following sentence:
She can not play the flute.
flute
This part of speech that modifies or qualifies often ends in -ly
adverb
He, I, his, she, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...
an adverb
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Jessie did not have much money, but she went shopping anyway.
but
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:
We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
so, and
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live on a huge farm.
huge
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Fred wanted to show hogs or goats at the fair.
or
A word that expresses emotion and is typically followed by an exclamation point.
Interjection
What is used to replace a "noun"?
Pronoun
Identify the subordinating conjunction in this sentence:
I failed my quiz because I didn't study.
because
This part of speech shows relationships between words such as location
preposition
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
conjunctions
What is the acronym to remember coordinating conjunctions?
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FANBOYS
"Verity" is an example of a ______________.
Noun