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What is a verb?
Definition: an action word
"Run" is what part of speech in this sentence?
I went on a long run.
noun
A word used to describe an action:
a verb
A word used to describe or modify a noun:
an adjective
"Teacher" is what part of speech?
noun
What is a noun?
person, place, thing, or idea
"He is talking to me right now."
What part of speech is the word, "talking?"
verb
Identify the adjectives in the below sentence:
The magic carpet flew through the vast sky.
magic
vast
What is the name of living beings, places, things, or ideas?
Examples: love, hate, country, English
Nouns
"Huge" is what part of speech?
adjective
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
Mr. Smith lives in Boise, Idaho with his family.
Mr. Smith, Boise, Idaho
What part of speech tells the location of something?
Prepositions
Give 2 examples of adjectives for Iron Man
examples
Im starting high school next month at Santa Clara High School. What is the proper noun?
Santa Clara High School
True or false: In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have a noun and a verb.
true
Identify the nouns in the following sentence:
We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
place
things
library
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live in the beautiful house down the street.
beautiful
Identify the nouns in the following sentence:
I want to eat pizza or burgers at that restaurant.
pizza
burgers
restaurant
Identify the verbs in the following sentence:
Mary played a trick on her friend, but she regretted it afterwards.
played
regretted
What are the TWO reasons you would capitalize a noun?
1. If it is the name of something.
2. If it is the first word of a sentence.
The ghost floated through the courtyard... Floated is an example of ...
a verb
smoothly, quickly, and stubbornly are all examples of...
adverbs
What is the verb in the following sentence?
The cat purred because it felt happy.
purred
Identify the preposition in this sentence:
The teacher said to put the book on the table.
on
slowly, quickly, loudly ...are all examples of which type of speech?
adverbs