Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The proper noun in the following sentence:
My teacher, Ms. Jones, is amazing!
What is Mrs. Jones?
The Proper noun in the sentence below:
My mom took me to McDonald's today to get brown ice cream.
What is McDonalds?
What is a proper noun?
boy, pencil, school, book, teacher, mall, thing, freedom, peace
What are common nouns?
The adjective in the sentence below:
The strong athlete helped his team win the game.
What is strong?
These can show action or state of being.
What are verbs?
very, hardly, simply, hungrily, happily, foolishly
What is an adverb?
The noun in the following sentence:
My dad loves to read.
Who is dad?
The noun in this sentence:
I believe in freedom.
What is freedom?
What part of speech are these 3 words?
a, an, the
he, she, it, you, they, them, I, we, us
What are pronouns?
The pronoun in the sentence below:
She was absent from school today.
Who is she?
Connects a subject to a description.
What is a linking verb?
is, was, were, went, jump, swim, dancing, shall be, thought, dreaming, run, wish
What are verbs?
The linking verb in the following sentence:
Jarrod seems unhappy today.
What is seems?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: I went to summer camp last year.
What is summer?