Nouns and Pronouns
Names a class of things, not a specific thing.
What is a common noun?
Adjectives tell one of these three things about a noun or pronoun.
What are What kind? Which one? How much/many?
A verb is a word that expresses one of these two things.
What are actions or states of being?
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and...
Other adverbs.
A word that shows emotion.
What is an interjection?
Names an object that can be perceived by the senses.
What is a concrete noun?
These are a type of adjective that fall under two categories: indefinite or definite.
What are articles?
What are transitive verbs?
To what extent?
A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence.
What is a preposition?
The common nouns in this sentence: The surprise was four tickets to Hawaii.
What are surprise and tickets?
These two parts of speech can also function as adjectives in sentences.
What are nouns and pronouns?
Identify the action verb in this sentence: Coreen recited the poem aloud for the class.
What is recited?
The adverb in the following sentence answers which adverbial question? The dog was barking outside.
What is "where?"
A word used to join words or groups of words.
What is a conjunction?
The antecedent to the pronouns in this sentence: In Charleston, South Carolina, the basket makers visit among themselves as they sit, weaving their baskets.
What is "makers"? (or "basket makers")
These are a type of adjective that don't modify a noun/pronoun, but instead define whether the noun or pronoun is general or specific.
What is an article?
This is the type of verb that expresses a state of being.
What is a linking verb?
Identify the word and part of speech of the word that the adverb modifies in the following sentence: The first-graders willingly participated in the geography contest.
"participated" and verb
FANBOYS are this type of conjunction.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
Identify all nouns (and their type) and pronouns in the sentence: Among the stamps was one with a picture of Edmonia Lewis on its face.
Pronouns: one, it (its)
The adjectives in this sentence: The small plane made several attempts to land safely.
What are small and several?
This is a part of a sentence that consists of the main verb and its helping verb.
What is a verb phrase?
In the following sentece, identify the adverbs and the word it modifies. Which adverbial question is answered by the adverbs? Arlene leaned alarmingly far over the ledge.
alarmingly (far) = how?
far (leaned) = to what extent?
These conjunctions are used in pairs.
What is a correlative conjunction?