Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Pronouns

Nouns

100

Define a noun.

A noun is the part of speech that names a PERSON, a PLACE or a THING.

200

True or false: All nouns come at the beginning of a sentence.

False

EXAMPLE - I love Harvey.

300

What is the noun in the sentence? 

Mr. Morton quickly ran away.

Mr. Morton

400

Is this a common noun or a proper noun?

parent

Common 

500

Give an example of a common noun and a matching proper noun.

Answers may vary.

Verbs

100

Define a verb.

A verb is the part of speech that describes the ACTION (what is doing/done) or STATE OF BEING (how something is) in a sentence.

200

What is the definition of a verb?

A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. 

300

Which is a linking verb?

"wiggle" or "was"

Was

400

Three types of verbs are action verb, linking verb, or _______ verb. 

helping

500

What is the verb in this sentence?

I feel sick today. 

feel

Adjectives

100

Define an adjective

An adjective is the part of speech that MODIFIES (DESCRIBES) a noun, telling SIZE, COLOR OR HOW MANY.

200

Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: The girl sat on the small brown chair.

SMALL; BROWN

300

Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: "The wedding gown was lovely and expensive."

LOVELY; EXPENSIVE

400

What adjective could describe the noun "desk"?

Answers may vary.

500

Which is an adjective? 

TASTE or TASTY?

TASTY

Pronouns

100

Define a pronoun

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. It helps us not be repetitive.

200

What pronoun could replace "the water bottle"?

Take the water bottle to lost and found. 

It

300

What pronoun could replace "Ms. Faris"? 

I saw Ms. Faris at Whole Foods. 

Her

400

Which pronoun could replace "My friends and I"?

My friends and I like to play.

We

500

Which is NOT a pronoun?

it      I        my       was        hers

was