Name That Term
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The dog chased the squirrel.
What is a dog?
The baby dropped the spoon.
What is dropped?
Find the object: Jack threw the ball.
What is ball?
Find the adjective: The fluffy cat chased a mouse.
What is fluffy?
A word that takes the place of a noun, such as he, she, we, or they.
What is a pronoun?
Maria opened the heavy door.
Who is Maria?
Marcus kicked the soccer ball.
What is kicked?
Find the article: Sophia ate an apple.
What is an?
Find BOTH adjectives: The brave firefighter climbed the tall ladder.
What is brave and tall?
A word that describes or modifies a noun by telling what kind or which one.
What is an adjective?
They carried a large box.
Who are they?
The talented artist painted a beautiful picture.
What is painted?
Find the object AND article: The student opened a notebook.
What is Object: notebook | Article: a?
Identify the subject, verb, object, and adjective: The tired athlete drank cold water.
What is Subject: athlete | Verb: drank | Object: water | Adjectives: tired, cold?
One of the words a, an, or the that signals that a noun is coming.
What is an article?
The nervous actor forgot his lines.
Who is actor?
The hungry rabbit quickly ate the fresh carrot.
What is ate?
Find ALL the articles: The chef placed a sandwich on the plate.
What is the, a, and the?
Identify the subject, verb, object, article(s), and adjective(s): The clever student solved a difficult puzzle.
What is Subject: student | Verb: solved | Object: puzzle | Articles: The, a | Adjectives: clever, difficult?
Name BOTH terms: One tells who or what the sentence is about. The other receives the action of the verb.
What are the subject and object?
She discovered an ancient map.
Who is she and what is a pronoun?
The excited scientist discovered a new planet.
What is Subject: scientist | Verb: discovered | Object: planet
Find the subject, object, and ALL articles: The young explorer carried a flashlight into the cave.
What is Subject: explorer | Object: flashlight | Articles: The, a, the?
Analyze this sentence and identify the parts of speech of each word: An adventurous pirate discovered the hidden treasure.
What is Subject: pirate| Verb: discovered| Object: treasure| Articles: An, the | Adjectives: adventurous, and hidden?