Identify parts of speech
The possessive pronoun in the sentence "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
his
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
The linking verb in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
were
A verb that expresses a physical action.
What is an action verb?
The adjectives in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
poor and much
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
The proper noun in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
Henson
A verb that describes a state of being.
What is a linking verb?
The coordinating conjunction in "His parents were poor farmers, and Henson didn’t have much education."
and
A word that connects two independent clauses.
What is a coordinating conjunction? for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so