Language Vocabulary

Nouns/Verbs

100

Elizabeth bought water, popcorn, and candy at the theater. *How many nouns does the above sentence have?

What is Five

200

**Identify all the verbs in the following sentence: Miguel and Matthew helped Mrs. Burton clean and sanitize the desks.

helped, clean, sanitize (3)

300

Please fill in the blank with a verb: The students _________ down the hallway.

Answers will vary; must be an action verb

400

*Identify all nouns and verbs in the following sentence: Sophia and Ashley went to the mall to buy flip flops.

Nouns: Sophia, Ashley, mall, flip flops Verbs: went, buy Total: 7

500

*Label all nouns and verbs in this sentence from Number the Stars: "She stared at the rifles first. Then, finally, she looked into the face of the soldier who had ordered her to halt."

Noun: she, rifles, she, face, soldier, her Verb: stared, looked, ordered Total: 9

Adjectives/Adverbs

100

Describe a classmate with three adjectives (Be Nice!)

Answers will vary; Must use three adjectives

200

*Identify all adverbs: The bird is up early and is chirping loudly.

Adverbs: early, loudly

300

Describe a banana using four adjectives

Answers will vary; must use four adjectives

400

*Identify all adverbs: Natalie G. ran quickly and wildly yesterday since she was trying to beat Jonathan at the race.

Adverbs: quickly, wildly, yesterday

500

Identify all Adjectives and Adverbs in these sentences from Number the Stars: "Annemarie's silvery blond hair flew behind her, and Ellen's dark pigtails bounced...Kirsti was still sulking and walking slowly toward the corner. Nearby, a woman was standing silently..."

Adjectives: silvery, blond, dark Adverb: slowly, silently

Prepositions

100

Write a sentence with a preposition based on something in the classroom

Answers will vary; sentence must have at least one preposition

200

*Identify all Prepositions in this sentence: As they were walking around outside, Karina and Leilani spotted money between two rocks on the ground.

Prepositions: around, outside, between, on

300

Write a sentence containing two prepositions

Answers will vary; must have two prepositions

400

*Identify all prepositions in this sentence: Marco and Gerardo were standing besides the portables when a dog came towards them. Gerardo ran away, with Marco not far behind. They were able to make inside the building.

What are: beside, toward, away, behind, inside

500

*Identify and List all prepositions: During Sergio's singing performance, Isaiah jumped on the stage and began dancing besides him. Sergio called for security and Isaiah was whisked off the stage, but not before he ran around danced one more time.

What are: on, besides, off, around

Which One Is It?

100

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, or Preposition? "sneezing"

What is a *verb*

200

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, or Preposition? "beneath"

What is a *preposition*

300

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, or Preposition? "thoughtful"

What is an *adjective*

400

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, or Preposition? *sloppily*

What is an *adverb*

500

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, or Preposition? "paint"

What is a noun AND a verb

For Fun! :)

100

Quick! Name a noun that starts with an "r"

Answers will vary; it must be a noun!

200

Name an adjective to describe ice cream!

Answers will vary; it must be an adjective!

300

Quick! Name two hobbies that are verbs.

Answers will very; they must be verbs!

400

Quick! Describe a cockroach with three adjectives.

Answers will vary; it must be three adjectives.

500

Create a sentence with one noun, one verb, and one adjective that has to do with your FAVORITE celebrity.

Answers will vary; must have a noun, verb, and an adjective.