8 parts of speech English II

Nouns

100

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas.

Nouns

200

Find all the nouns in this sentence:

• "The teacher gave the students books and pencils."

teacher, students, books, pencils

300

Which of these words is a person, place, or thing?

a. go

b. see

c. car

car (because it is a thing)

400

True or False: "Water" is a noun.

True (it’s a noun because it refers to a thing, specifically a liquid)

500

Fill in the 2 blanks with nouns.

"The _______ and _______ played together in the park."

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Verbs

100

A word that expresses action, occurrence, or state of being.

Verb

200

What is the verb in this sentence?

"She runs every morning."

runs

300

Identify the verb in the sentence:

"The dog barked loudly at the stranger."

barked

400

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence:

"I _______ to the store yesterday."

A) go

B) went

C) will go

went (past tense)

500

Fill in the blank with a verb.

"Every morning, she _______ to school."

student answer

adverb / adjective

100

A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun, providing more detail.

Adjective

200

Choose the correct adverb to complete the sentence:

• "He ran _______ to catch the bus."
  • A) quickly
  • B) slow
  • C) loudly

quickly 

300

What is the adverb in this sentence?

"She sings beautifully."

beautifully 

400

What is the adjective in this sentence?

"The red ball bounced across the yard."

red

500

Is the word "tall" an adjective or adverb in this sentence:

 "He is very tall"?

Adjective (It describes the noun "he.")

Pronoun/ Interjection

100

A word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition.

Pronoun

200

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

"She went to the store to buy some milk."

She (pronoun replaces the noun "the girl" or "the woman")

300

Choose the correct interjection for this sentence:

"_______! I can't believe I won the prize."

• A) Ouch
• B) Hooray
• C) Quickly

Hooray (expresses excitement or joy)

400

Fill in the blanks with the correct pronoun and interjection:

"_______ can’t believe this is happening! _______ what a surprise!"

• A) He, Wow
• B) She, Oops
• C) They, Oh no

He, Wow

500

True or False: "Oops!" is an interjection.

 True (interjections show emotions, reactions, or sudden exclamations)

Conjunction/ Preposition

100

A word that shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence, often indicating location, direction, time, or manner.

Preposition 

200

Fill in the blank:

• The cat is hiding ___ the table.
  • a) under
  • b) over
  • c) on
  • d) in

under

300

Identify the preposition in the sentence:

• The book is lying on the desk.
  • a) The
  • b) book
  • c) on
  • d) desk

on

400

Identify the conjunction in the sentence:

• We can stay home or go to the movies.
  • a) We
  • b) can
  • c) or
  • d) go

or

500

Choose the correct preposition:

• The ball rolled ___ the stairs.
  • a) up
  • b) down
  • c) into
  • d) from

down