Nouns
The general definition of a noun
A person, place, or thing
The general definition of an adjective
A word describing something else
The general definition of a verb
An action word
The general definition of a conjunction
A word connecting two clauses or two words within one clause
Identify the adjective in the following sentence:
The glaring sun beamed overhead.
Glaring - Describing the sun
What is a pronoun?
A word that replaces a noun in a sentence.
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
Kellan wore a black shirt on Wednesday.
Black - Modifying/Describing the color of the shirt
The general definition of an adverb
A word that describes or modifies a verb
The acronym to remember conjunctions
FANBOYS
F: For
A: And
N: Nor
B: But
O: Or
Y: Yet
S: So
An improper noun is a noun that is not specific (person, sun, room)
Identify the noun or pronoun in the sentence:
She dressed up for the occasion.
She
She can replace words like 'girl,' or a person's name (Vivi)
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
I broke my mother's patterned vase.
Patterned - Describing the vase
What is the verb in the following sentence:
Logan pet his cute dog.
Pet - Action word
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
The boys complained about being tired, yet they chose to stay up late playing video games.
Yet: Connecting two separate clauses
Identify the verb and adverb in the following sentence:
Harry hastily cast the spell on Voldemort.
Adverb: Hastily - describing the verb
Verb: Cast
What are the noun/pronoun(s) in the following sentence:
Miles is getting a cat over break, and he is excited.
Miles - Proper noun (Person)
Cat - Noun (animal)
He - Pronoun for Miles
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
This phone belongs to Rigo.
This - Modifying the phone (showing which specific phone belongs to Rigo)
What is/are the verb/adverb(s) in the following sentence:
The normally quiet cat meowed loudly at the closed door.
Meowed - Action word
Loudly - Word describing the action word
Identify the conjunction(s) in the following sentence:
Neither Frank nor Edward could figure out what the dog was barking at in the woods.
Nor - Correlative conjunction (works with neither)
Two words put together to make one word, typically with an apostrophe connecting
E.g. That's - that is
What are the noun/pronoun(s) in the following sentence?
Letti wore a Rudolph onesie on Pajama Day at school last week.
Letti - Proper noun (person)
Rudolph - Proper noun (name) **
Onesie - Thing
Pajama Day - Proper noun
School - Place
What are the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
Eyeing the food, the black crow cawed loudly as he sat on the unsteady tree branch.
Black - Describing the crow
Unsteady - Describing the tree branch
What is/are the verb/adverb(s) in the following sentence?
I left my keys here on the table.
Left - Past action verb
Here - Modifying the action verb (where were they left?)
Identify the conjunction(s) in the following sentence:
She watched the sunset and then drove home.
And - Connecting the two clauses 'she watched the sunset' and 'she drove home'
Identify all parts of speech in the following sentence:
Jaxin and Charlie were excited to start the new wrestling season, yet they had to wait until school was over.
Proper Nouns: Jaxin, Charlie
Improper Nouns: Wrestling season, school
Adjective: New (describing the wrestling season)
Conjunction: Yet