Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Grab Bag
100
When trying to figure out if a word is a noun, what should you ask yourself?
Who? or What?
100
What do adjectives modify?
nouns
100
Identify the verb: Saigon signing off.
Signing
100
Identify the adverb: Kanye West rudely interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.
Rudely
100
Define adverb and identify the commonly used suffix.
A word that describes a verb and sometimes end in -ly.
200
Identify the nouns: Dr. Gode walked into the room.
Dr. Gode and room.
200
Fill in the blank with an adjective: The classroom is so ______________ that I have to put on a sweater.
Cold
200
When figuring out if a word is a verb, what question should you ask yourself?
What is he/she/it doing? (or being?)
200
Ms. Arnau's sign says, "I am silently correcting your grammar." How is she performing the verb?
silently
200
If you were playing madlibs and the blank said: the ____________ What part of speech would it most likely be asking for?
Noun
300
Fill in the blank: I had to take a 6 hour flight to get to ____________.
London, California, etc.
300
Identify the adjective: "He took his vorpal sword in hand..." -Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
vorpal
300
If a word can fit on THESE blanks, it is probably a verb.
is _________________ can ________________ to _________________
300
Fill in the blank with an adverb: My dog Jasper stole my pizza and gobbled it up ____________.
Teacher's discretion EX. greedily, hungrily, quickly, eagerly, etc.
300
Turn this adjective into an adverb: specific
specifically
400
Identify the nouns: The panic was rising in Saigon.
Panic & Saigon
400
Identify the adjective: She wasn't talking long before the ancient phone dropped the call.
Ancient
400
The word "circle" can be used as a noun or a verb. Write a sentence using the verb form of the word (it can be in any tense).
Teacher's discretion. EX. I watched as Georgie's paper boat circled the drain that It lived in.
400
The Cheshire Cat smiled creepily at Alice. If you wanted to draw an arrow from the adverb to the verb being modified, you would draw it from ___________ to ____________.
from 'creepily' to 'smiled'
400
When adjectives describe nouns we say that the noun is being _________________.
modified
500
Identify the noun: She never said yes.
She
500
Identify all adjectives: To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock, Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock, From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block! - The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan
solemn, dull, dark, pestilential, life-long, short, sharp, cheap, chippy, big, black
500
Identify the verbs: "To be or not to be, that is the question."
to be, is
500
Explain the difference of the function of the word "firm": A) She stood firm in her refusal to change the grade. B) She was firm in her refusal to change the grade.
A) 'Firm' is an adverb modifying (describing) the word 'stood.' How is she standing? She's standing firm. B) 'Firm' is an adjective modifying (describing) the word 'she.' What kind of 'she' was she? She's a firm she.
500
Identify all 4 parts of speech in the following sentence: It was a green UFO moving fast across the sky.
Nouns: It, UFO, sky Adjective: green Verb: was, moving Adverb: fast, across (not necessary)
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