Nouns & Pronouns
Pronoun: My dad loves to read.
my
Monica threw the ball across the field.
threw
Plants were the first living things on earth.
on
Adjective: The strong athlete helps his team win the game.
strong
Conjunction: Larry was absent from school, but he had a good reason.
but
Nouns: The crowded mall was a nightmare.
mall, nightmare
Friends sometimes argue when they spend too much time together.
argue, spend
The policeman walked through the doorway and into the garden.
through, into
Adverb: The sun shines warmly down on the park.
warmly
Interjection: Oh, Eliza and I often told funny stories at summer camp.
oh
Pronoun: Cara and her friend liked to tell scary stories on Halloween.
her
He was angry when it rained all afternoon.
was, rained
Due to the storm, it was very difficult to walk against the wind.
against
Adverb: He eagerly strapped on his parachute and prepared to jump out of the plane.
eagerly
Conjunction: After running 3 miles, I could barely move.
after
Nouns: Time seemed to go by quickly while she was watching television.
time, television
The teacher has corrected my poor grammar.
has corrected
I looked under my bed, behind my dresser, and above my bookshelf for my missing necklace.
under, behind, above
Adjectives: When the old, gray-haired man died, he left money to his grieving family.
old, gray-haired, grieving
Someone usually scolds the cutter and sends him or her to the end of the line. What part of speech is usually?
adverb
Nouns: Peter's honesty allowed him to stay out of trouble.
Peter, honesty, trouble
My father must have thought I could swim.
must have thought, could swim
People around the world can communicate with each other through the internet.
around, with, through
Adverb: Susan became extremely tense as she studied for her parts of speech test.
extremely
Although the ocean can be scary, we still like to swim whenever we are at the beach. What part of speech is although?
conjunction