Parts of Speech
What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.
Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.
Examples: she, him, myself, I, we, they, us
"Run" is what part of speech in this sentence?
"I run in the sun at the beach"
verb
A word used to describe an action:
a verb
A word used to describe or modify a noun:
an adjective
What is a common noun? Give 3 examples.
Definition: words for types of things, people, places, such as "dog" that are not in capital letters.
Examples kitten, chair, education
pronoun
A name of a particular person or place. Give 2 examples.
Proper Noun Definition: A name of a particular person or place.
Mr. Smith, Superman, Susie
What is the name of living beings, places, things, or ideas?
Examples: love, hate, country, English
Nouns
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
Mr. Smith lives in Dallas, Texas with his family.
Mr. Smith, Dallas, Texas
What part of speech is about asking a question
Interrogative
Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
What state is Ms. Owens from?
Colorado
What is an adjective? Give three examples
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live in the beautiful house down the street.
beautiful
What is Ms. Owens favorite candy?
Twizzlers
Which part of speech replaces nouns to help with repetition?
common or proper nouns
What is Ms. Owens daughter's name ... is it a common or proper noun
Morgan, proper
The, a, and an are all examples of...
Which one is the definite article and why?
article adjective
"The" because it is talking about a particular thing.
What type of sentence makes a statement?
declarative
"Teacher" is what part of speech?
common noun