Nouns
Identify the noun in the following sentence: The ferocious lion pounced quickly.
Lion
Identify the verb: She runs every morning.
Runs
Identify the adjective: The blue car sped away after being stopped by the police.
Blue
Identify the adverb: The beautiful opera singer sang wonderfully.
Wonderfully
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
Abstract
Which word is the helping verb in the sentence: She is cooking dinner.
Is
What word does the adjective modify in the sentence: The tall boy ran quickly.
Boy
What word does the adverb describe in the sentence: He ran quickly to class.
Ran
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
Change the common noun school into a proper noun: The students were participating in Basic Grammar Bootcamp at the school.
The students were participating in Basic Grammar Bootcamp at Veterans High School.
Correct the following sentence by changing the verb to the appropriate verb tense: He be walking this morning.
He is walking this morning.
He was walking this morning.
He will be walking this morning.
Add an adjective to this sentence: The girl read the book.
Answers will vary.
Add an adverb to the sentence: The cat ran to the bed.
Answers will vary.
This type of noun refers to specific people, places, or things and is ALWAYS capitalized.
Proper noun
Identify all the nouns in this sentence: Sarah bought a book at the store.
Sarah, book, store
What verb tense is used in this sentence (past, present or future): They will travel to Paris next year.
Future
Identify the adjectives in the sentence: This movie is scary, but the popcorn is tasty.
This, scary, tasty.
Which word is NOT an adverb: quickly, always, loud, often.
Loud
This part of speech shows action or a state of being.
Which noun in the sentence is acting as the subject: After being attacked by the lion, the injured zebra nestled under a large tree.
Zebra
Identify all verbs in the sentence: She asked to go to the party, but her mother instructed her to study instead.
Asked, instructed, study
What type of adjective is used in the sentence: The robber took her purse.
Her = possessive
What four questions do adverbs answer?
How, when, where, to what extent
This part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Adverb