Nouns and Pronouns
What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.
Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.
Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, themselves
What does an adverb do? Give one example.
Definition: Modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Examples: Quickly, quietly, easily, soon, often
A word used to describe an action:
a verb
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
conjunctions
"Teacher" is what part of speech?
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
A word used to describe or modify a noun is called:
an adjective
"Running" is what part of speech in this sentence?
I went running on Tuesday.
Verb
What part of speech is about strong expressions of feelings? Wow!
Interjection
"Purple" is what part of speech?
adjective
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
Mr. Smith lives in Boise, Idaho with his family.
Mr. Smith, Boise, Idaho
How could you modify these words to turn them into words that describe an action (adverbs).
Quick
Loud
Casual
By adding "ly" at the end.
Quickly
Loudly
Casually
"He is talking to me right now."
What part of speech is the word, "is?"
A helping verb which "helps" the word 'talking'.
What is the acronym we use for conjunctions?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
FANBOYS
Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
Pronouns
Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:
We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
We
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live in the beautiful house down the street.
beautiful
What is the "to Do" verb in the following sentence?
"She did the dishes last night after dinner."
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways.
but
How many parts of speech does Ms. Hansen expect you to know for your quiz tomorrow? Name all of them.
8 Parts of Speech
1. Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Interjections, Conjunctions, Prepositions,
Fort St. John, Pizza Hut, and Taylor Swift are all examples of what?
Proper Nouns
What are the adjectives in the following sentence?
The scruffy dog ran quickly around the dusty yard because there was a cat chasing him.
scruffy and dusty
Give one example of each:
1. "To be" Verb
2. "To do" Verb
3. "To have" Verb
To be: Am, Is, Were
To do: Do, Did
To have: Have, Has, Had
What is the preposition in this sentence:
There was a student hiding behind the classroom door
behind
Aha! Gosh! Wow! Ouch! ...are all examples of what?
Interjections