Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
noun
Takes the place of a noun.
pronoun
pretty, silly, smart, blue, cold, hard, wooden, smooth
adjectives
What is the preposition in the following sentence: Plants were the first living things on earth.
on
What is the noun in the sentence below: My mom took me to Mcdonalds today to get brown ice cream.
Mcdonalds
An action... You can DO it!
verb
These words are used to separate two other words or phrases: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
conjunctions
boy, pencil, school, McDonald's, book, teacher
nouns
What is the adjective in the sentence below: The strong athlete helped his team win the game.
strong
What is the adjective in the sentence below: You are an amazing student!
amazing
Describes nouns and pronouns.
adjective
These words are used to show extreme emotion. They can stand alone as a one-word sentence: Wow! Eek! Yikes!
interjections
Wow! Yikes! Eek! Dang!
interjections
What is the noun in the following sentence: My dad loves to read.
dad
What is the interjection in the sentence below: Oops! I forgot to do my homework last night.
oops!
Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
adverb
This is the job of a preposition...
to show a relationship
on, through, between, beside, to, from, down
prepositions
What is the pronoun in the sentence below: She was absent from school today.
she
What is the adverb in the sentence below: After running three miles, I could barely move
barely
This begins phrases to show a relationship.
preposition
This is the job of an adjective...
describe a noun or pronoun
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
conjunctions
What is the conjunction in the sentence below: I want to play outside today, but it is raining.
but
What is the adjective in the sentence below: I went to summer camp last year.
summer