Parts of Speech I
A person, place, thing, concept, or idea.
The bear towered over the distracted fox.
What is a noun?
A word used to express emotion, often followed by an exclamation point.
Wow! That is so exciting!
What is an interjection?
Tells us who or what the sentence is about.
Maylin was excited for the weekend.
What is the subject?
Tells us what the subject does or is, and usually has an action word.
Jack went to Olive Garden for dinner.
What is predicate?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
Nick walked toward his friends.
What is preposition?
An action or state of being.
Alex is ecstatic to listen to music.
What is a verb?
A word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition.
It was after midnight when I left the office.
What is a pronoun?
Identify the underlined portion in the sentence:
Olivia bought her favorite coffee.What is simple subject?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
Tyshawn and Gavin played basketball and ran laps.
What is compound predicate?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
Valentena is really kind.
What is adverb?
A word used to modify a noun or a pronoun.
Stella's favorite sport was swimming.
What is an adjective?
Joins words, phrases, or clauses to indicate the relationship between the joined elements.
I did not want to go, so I stayed at home instead.
What is a conjunction?
Identify the underlined portion of the sentence:
The tall boy had his headphones on.
What is complete subject?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
T.C. watched the bears game.
What is simple predicate?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
Brayden watched it at the movie theater.
What is prepositional phrase?
A modifier that describes an adjective, verb, or adverb.
He carelessly tossed his wallet in the ocean.
What is an adverb?
A word telling where something is or when it happened.
Vince watched as the radiant sun shined over the hills.
What is preposition?
Identify the underlined portion of the sentence:
Avery and Carly went to go see the new musical.
What is compound subject?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
Aedan, Brodie, and Joaquin had band rehearsal after school.
What is complete predicate?
Ana went to the mall and bought her favorite treat.
What is compound verb?
A word that defines a noun as specific or unspecific.
Dominic, are you going to the Christmas party this weekend?
What is an article?
Contain a preposition and its object.
Matthew ran into the woods.
What is prepositional phrase?
Identify the simple subject of the sentence:
Owen, the intelligent student, worked hard on his essay.
What is Owen?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
Vanessa and Kayla are watching their favorite movie.
What is simple predicate?
Identify the italicized portion of the sentence:
My friend Armani bought our favorite candies.
What is the complete subject?