Parts of Speech
True or False:
A noun is a person, place, idea, animal or action
False
An action is a verb
What is the noun in this sentence?
The dog barked very loudly.
dog
Identify the verb in this sentence:
Ms. Beyer snorkeled with green sea turtles on her vacation.
Snorkeled
Identify the adjective in this sentence:
Sam has a soft toy.
soft
True or False
A turtle can come all the way out of its shell.
False
A plural noun is
A. a noun that is always capitalized
B. more than one person, place or thing
C. a name
B. more than one person, place or thing
Identify the nouns in this sentence:
My family went to McDonalds yesterday.
Family, McDonalds
Identify the verb/verbs in this sentence:
The turtles ate sea grass while the stingrays swam around.
ate, swam
Identify the adjective/adjectives:
The birds lived in a small, round nest
small, round
True or False
Turtles were around during the time of dinosaurs.
True
This word describes a noun
Adjective
Identify the noun/nouns in this sentence:
The police officer held up her badge.
Officer, badge
In this sentence is play a verb or a noun?
We went to the theater to see a play.
Noun
What noun is being described by "fast"?
He drove a fast car down the street.
car
True or False
Turtles don't have teeth.
True
This word takes the place of a noun.
Examples: he, her, them, we
Pronoun
Identify the noun/nouns in this sentence:
The cat chased the squirrel up the tree.
cat, squirrel, tree
Identify the verb/verbs in this sentence:
Susan is tired because she ran three miles and then biked to the store.
is, ran, biked
Identify the adjective/adjectives:
The small fish swims in the cold, bubbly water.
small, cold, bubbly
Which of these is not a type of sea turtle?
A. Leatherback
B. Loggerhead
C. Green
D. Brownshell
D. Brownshell
What part of speech is am?
I am very happy to see the sunshine today.
Verb (state of being)
Identify the nouns in this sentence:
Bob went to Walmart to buy his turtle a squishy toy.
Bob, Walmart, turtle, toy
Is the word tread a noun or a verb in this sentence?
Don't tread on the flowers I just planted!
Verb
What noun is being described by huge?
I wanted a huge, three-layer, chocolate cake for my birthday.
Cake
These are the types of turtle Ms. Beyer saw when she was snorkeling:
A. Hawksbill and Green
B. Olive Ridley and Leatherback
C. Hawksbill and Teenage Ninja
A. Hawksbill and Green