Parts of Speech
a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
I quickly at the delicious hamburger and went to recess. What are the nouns in this sentence?
Hamburger and Recess
Complete Subject: The angry teacher screamed loudly at the students.
What is "The angry teacher"?
Simple Subject: The bright sunlight shone through the bedroom window.
What is "sunlight"?
A pronoun can show possession in a sentence. Name a possessive pronoun
mine, hers, his, theirs, its, yours, your...
We always do our homework after school.
What are the adverbs?
Always
After
Give an example of a singular pronoun
I, me, my, mine, you, yours, he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, is
What is the preposition in this sentence?
My cat likes to hide under our kitchen table!
Under
There are two types of verbs. Action verbs is one. Can you name the other type of verb?
Helping verb
I want to eat the pizza, but I don't like pepperoni pizza!!!
What is the adjective in the sentence?
Pepperoni- tells what kind of pizza!!
Name an adverb that tells us "how often"
always, everyday, frequently, never, often, once, seldom, rarely, sometimes, and many more
Give an example of a plural pronoun
we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs
Hardly, loudly, rapidly, accidentally. Those are all adverbs that share what common feature?
Words that end in 'ly'
We walked to their house after school so our mom could pick us up!
Name the pronouns
We, their, our, us
There are EIGHT parts of speech. Name four of them
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, pronoun, interjection, conjunction
In the word "preposition" what is the root word that can give us a hint about what a preposition does?
root word is "position"
prepositions tell us about what position objects are in.
There are two types of nouns. Name them
Common nouns and proper nouns
What does a pronoun do?
Takes place of a noun and makes our speech and our writing smoother, and easier.
What is a verb?
A word that shows an action. Something that we can do or see being done.
What does an adjective do?
Describes a noun or a pronoun
What does an adverb do?
Describes a verb. Can tell us how, how much, when, and where