Parts of Speech
True or false? There are 5 different parts of speech in the English language.
False! There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
When I was little, my uncle Pete had a necktie with a porcupine painted on it. I thought that necktie was just about the neatest thing in the world. Uncle Pete would stand patiently before me while I ran my fingers over the silky surface, half expecting to be stuck by one of the quills. Once, he let me wear it. I kept looking for one of my own, but I could never find one.
Story! Fiction.
From the book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Correct or Incorrect?
They writes every day.
Physical or personality?
disrespectful
Personality
Correct or incorrect?
occured
Incorrect!
occurred
Give an example sentence with a verb that uses past, present, or future tense.
A past tense verb shows action that already happened; a present tense verb shows action that is currently happening or ongoing, and a future tense verb shows action that will happen.
Thriveworks, a mental health service, found that 1 in 3 elite athletes suffer from anxiety and depression. It analyzed more than 18,000 print, online, broadcast and social media sources. It found that 69 percent of negative comments were about female athletes and 31 percent were about male athletes.
Information! From the article:
“OK not to be OK”: Mental health takes top role at Olympics
Correct or Incorrect?
Our dog are impatient when it comes time for dinner.
Incorrect!
Our dog is impatient when it comes time for dinner.
Physical or personality?
doughy
Physical.
Correct or incorrect?
necessarily
Correct!
Verbs are words that express action or state of being. Give one example of the three types of verbs.
There are three types of verbs: action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs.
Danny hits the pavement in a flurry of blackness, the back of his head whiplashing against a patch of dirt next to the crumbling curb, making an awful cracking sound. Like a bat smacking a baseball. A lightning flash goes off in his head.
Raul and Chico rush Uno, hold him back.
Sofia screams him down in Spanish at the top of her lungs.
Kids around the cul-de-sac rush the scene to get a better look at what’s happening.
Story! Fiction.
From the book Mexican Whiteboy by Matt De La Peña
Correct or Incorrect?
Neither the pink dress nor the green dress is available for now in our shop.
Correct!
Physical or personality?
transparent
Depends! If an object is transparent, or if a person is transparent. If we're only referring to people/characters, this is a personality trait.
Correct or incorrect?
consciencious
Incorrect!
conscientious
What is a concrete noun? Give an example.
Concrete nouns are those things we can see, hear, touch, taste, smell or physically feel.
Aza's singing is the fairest in all the land, and the most unusual. She can "throw" her voice so it seems to come from anywhere. But singing is only one of the two qualities prized in the Kingdom of Ayortha. Aza doesn't possess the other: beauty. Not even close. She's hidden in the shadows in her parents' inn, but when she becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, she has to step into the light—especially when the queen demands a dangerous favor.
Story! Fiction!
From the book Fairest by Gail Carson Levine.
The movie's cast members arrives on the red carpet one by one.
Incorrect!
The movie's cast members arrive on the red carpet one by one.
Physical or personality?
burly
Physical!
burly - (of a person) large and strong; heavily built
Correct or incorrect?
alot
Incorrect!
a lot is two words, just like a little
What is an abstract noun? Give an example.
Abstract nouns represent intangible ideas—things you can't perceive with the five main senses. Words like love, time, beauty, and science are all abstract nouns because you can't touch them or see them.
On March 23, Joe Boyce checked into the Braskem chemical plant for work. It would be the longest shift of his life.
In his office, an air mattress replaced his desk chair. He brought a toothbrush and shaving kit, moving into the chemical plant in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. The factory became makeshift housing for him and his 42 coworkers-turned-roommates.
For 28 days, they did not leave, sleeping and working all in one place.
Information! From the article:
"They lived in a factory for 28 days to make raw PPE materials to fight coronavirus"
Correct or Incorrect?
John, as well as his little brothers, are going to study at that school.
Correct!
Because John and his brothers are all going to the same school, are is what would be used instead of is.
Physical or personality?
odd
Both! It depends on how you are using odd to describe the subject.
odd - different from what is usual or expected; strange
Correct or incorrect?
ahnomatopea
Incorrect!
onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle )