Parts of Speech: A
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 are the names of Ms. Maurice's kids?
Joelle (duh), and Gabriel
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
How tall is Mr. Connell?
6'1" or 186 centimeters
What is name of a particular person, place, or thing? Give 2 examples.
Proper Noun
Mrs. Perez, Excalibur, Budapest, Hungary
What is an interjection?
Give (3) examples
An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses strong emotion or sudden sentiment.
Hooray, Wow, Ouch
Define an adverb and give (3) examples.
An adverb An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or even an entire sentence.
Examples: carefully, quickly, high
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
Mr. Kruger, who is and architect lives in Lisbon, Portugal with his family.
Mr. Kruger; Lisbon, Portugal
What kind of sentence asks a question?
Interrogative
Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
What branch of the military did Mr. Vince serve in for 21 years?
U.S.M.C. (United States Marine Corps) - Oorah!
The word I is what part of speech?
Pronoun
What is a preposition? Give three examples
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or a pronoun) and other words in a sentence, and often indicates location, direction, time, or manner.
above, beyond, towards
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live in the humongous house down the street.
Humongous
What languages can Ms. Ana speak fluently?
Russian, Spanish, and English
"Teacher" is what part of speech?
Common noun/noun
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?
He decided to quit playing and went into the locker room.
What is "into the locker room"?
Where was Ms. Woolly born?
Scotland
The, a, and an are all examples of...
Which one is "unique" and why?
articles/article adjectives
"The" because it is talking about a particular thing.
What type of sentence makes a statement?
Declarative
What is the definition of a conjunction?
What are the (3) types we discussed this year?
A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. Conjunctions are essential for creating complex and compound sentences.
Coordinating; Subordinating; and Correlative
Name all (8) parts of speech.
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Interjections, Pronouns, Prepositions, and Conjunctions