Parts of Speech

Nouns/Pronouns

100

Define what a noun is. 

A person, place, thing, or idea. 

200

Is Adidas a common or proper noun? 

Proper noun 

300

Name the 2 pronouns in the sentence: 

Her hard work paid off when she got an A in science. 

her, she 

400

Describe the difference between concrete and abstract nouns. 

You can physically see/touch a concrete noun. Abstract nouns do not physically exist. 

500

Name the pronoun AND its antecedent in this sentence: 

Christmas is my favorite time of year because it brings my family together. 

Pronoun: it 

Antecedent: Christmas 

Verbs

100

Define what a verb is. 

Verbs express actions or states of being.

200

Name the 2 verbs in the sentence: 

I ran down the street to catch the bus. 

ran, catch 

300

Name the 1 verb in the sentence: 

I am excited for Christmas break. 

am 

400

List the helping verb in the sentence: 

I will go to the store later.

will 

500

List the entire verb phrase in the sentence:

I have been playing the flute since third grade. 

have been playing 

Adjectives/Adverbs

100

Find the adjective in the sentence: 

The yellow bird sat outside my window. 

Yellow 

200

Name the adverb in the sentence: 

She read quietly in the library. 

quietly 

300

Name the three parts of speech that adverbs describe. 

Verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs 

400

Name the three questions adjectives answer.

What kind? Which one? How many? 

500

Name the adverb in the sentence: 

I want to go on vacation somewhere warm and sunny. 

somewhere 

Prepositions

100

Name the preposition in the sentence: 

My homework is inside my backpack. 

inside 

200

Name the 2 prepositions in the sentence: 

Go down the stairs and through the door.

down, through 

300

Prepositions tell the ______________ or _______________ of a noun/pronoun.

position or location 

400

Name the 2 prepositions in the sentence: 

Take your brother with you to the movies. 

with, to 

500

Name the three categories of prepositions. 

Prepositions of time, Prepositions of place, Prepositions of movement

Conjunctions/Interjections

100

Name the interjection in the sentence: 

Yikes! That was a close one. 

Yikes

200

Name the conjunction in the sentence: 

I am hungry, so I went to the kitchen. 

so 

300

An interjection is a word that shows ____________. 

emotion 

400

Name what each letter in the acronym FANBOYS stands for. 

F - for
A - and
N - nor
B - but
O - or
Y - yet
S - so 

500

Either... or/ Neither... nor/ But... and are all examples of ________________ conjunctions. 

correlative