Parts of Speech
What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.
Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.
Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, themselves
"Run" is what part of speech in this sentence?
I went on a long run.
noun
A word used to describe an action:
a verb
A word used to describe or modify a noun:
an adjective
What is the name of the famous Lilo and Stitch song?
What is Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride.
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
"He is talking to me right now."
What part of speech is the word, "is?"
A helping verb which "helps" the word 'talking'.
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
In what city and state is Disney World?
What is Orlando, FL
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
Mr. Smith lives in Boise, Idaho with his family.
Mr. Smith, Boise, Idaho
What part of speech is about strong expressions of feelings? Wow!
Interjections
Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
Im starting high school next month at Santa Clara High School. What is the proper noun?
SCHS
Which country won the 2022 World Cup?
Who is Argentina?
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:
We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
so, and
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live in the beautiful house down the street.
beautiful
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
I want to eat pizza or burgers at that restaurant.
or
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways.
but
Which two artists sing "California Girls?"
Who is Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg
He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...
an adverb
smoothly, quickly, and stubbornly are all examples of...
adverbs
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
conjunctions
What does an adverb do? Give one example.
Definition: Modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Examples: Quickly, quietly, easily, soon, often
Finish the stanza: There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation... ends with "Like maybe"
"Til school comes along just to end it,
So the annual problem for our generation,
Is finding a good way to spend it"