Parts of Speech
Which part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?
A noun
What are the two things every sentence has to have?
A subject and a predicate.
What are the nouns? Jenna loved eating pineapple while on vacation in Hawaii.
Jenna, pineapple, vacation, Hawaii
What is the prepositional phrase: We ran through the field.
through the field
What are the adjectives: The fluffy puppy ran through the luscious meadow.
fluffy, luscious
Which part of speech describes a noun or a pronoun?
An adjective
What do we call a sentence that is made out of two independent clauses and a FANBOY?
A compound sentence.
Which is the correct pronoun: Daisy and (me/I) went to Disneyland.
I
Daisy and I went to Disneyland.
What is the past tense of find?
found
What are the adverbs: Our dog is unusually thirsty lately.
unusually, lately
Which part of speech describes (modifies) a verb, an adjective, or an adverb?
An adverb
Where does the comma(s) belong in this sentence? No Grandma I can’t come over today.
No, Grandma, I can’t come over today.
What is the possessive noun and the plural noun: The horse’s stable was very clean, thanks to the work of the volunteers.
possessive noun - horse's
plural noun - volunteers
What is the action verb and what is the linking verb: The berries looked delicious, so I ate them.
action verb - ate
linking verb - looked
What is the correct comparing adverb: Jonas played the guitar (gooder/better) after lots of practice.
better
Jonas played the guitar better after lots of practice.
Which part of speech is used to join words or groups of words?
A conjunction
What punctuation is missing? Tom Bowers 1903 1969 lived in this house.
Tom Bowers (1903-1969) lived in this house.
What is the indefinite pronoun: Everyone ate a cookie after dinner.
everyone
What are the prepositional phrases: During ski season, our family went to a lodge for a weekend.
during ski season
to a lodge
for a weekend
What are the correct demonstrative adjectives: (That/Those) balloon belongs in the corner over (here/there) on the opposite side of the room.
that
there
Which part of speech are the words “in,” “out,” “about,” “at,” “toward,” and “of”?
Prepositions
Is this a compound or a complex sentence and why: Mark woke up, brushed his teeth, and got dressed for school, before realizing that it was Saturday.
Complex because there is an independent and dependent clause with a subordinate conjunction.
What are the common nouns and the proper nouns: Joy and Josh drove to a farm in Half Moon Bay to pick out a pumpkin for Halloween.
common nouns - farm, pumpkin
proper nouns - Joy, Josh, Half Moon Bay, Halloween
What is the progressive verb phrase and is it past prog, present prog, future prog: Will you be eating in the dining room?
will be eating - future progressive
What is the adverb and what is the correct superlative adjective: After trying all of the cakes, the chocolate cake was the (tastier, tastiest).
adverb - after
superlative adjective - tastiest