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
The word RUN is this part of speech in the sentence below.
I went on a long run.
What is a noun?
A word used to describe an action.
What is a verb?
It's a word used to describe or modify a noun.
What is an adjective?
"Teacher" is this part of speech.
What is a noun?
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." The part of speech that "is" is.
What is a helping verb?
A name of a particular person or place or thing.
What is a Proper Noun?
Ex. Mr. Smith, Superman, Susie
The parts of speech represented by these words. love, hate, country, English.
What are nouns?
"Purple" is this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
Mr. Smith lives in Boise, Idaho with his family.
Mr. Smith, Boise, Idaho
The part of speech that is a strong expression of feeling!
What is an interjection?
Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of this part of speech.
What is a pronoun?
It's an acronym often used to remember conjunctions such as for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is FANBOYS?
True or false: In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have a noun and a verb.
What is true?
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.
What is or?
It's the conjunction in the following sentence:
Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways.
What is but?
This part of speech is used to help with the repetition of nouns.
What are pronouns?
He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...
an adverb
The, a, and an are all examples of an _______.
Which one is the DEFINITE ______ and why?
What are Articles?
"The" is the definite because it is referring to a particular thing.
It's the part of speech one uses when joining clauses, sentences, or words.
What is a conjunction?
It's the definition of an ADVERB. Give one example for full credit.
What is "Modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb."?
Examples: Quickly, quietly, easily, soon, often
Aha! Gosh! Wow! Ouch! ...are all examples of this part of speech.
What is an interjection?