Parts of Speech 1
What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.
Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.
Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, I, they, it, we, me, you
"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
"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
"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
"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
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
What is the acronym we use for conjunctions?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
FANBOYS
True or false: In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have a noun and a verb.
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.
or
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways.
but
Which part of speech replaces nouns to help with repetition?
pronouns
He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...
an adverb
The, a, and an are all examples of...
Which one is the definite article and why?
articles
"The" because it is talking about a particular thing.
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join (connect) 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
Aha! Gosh! Wow! Ouch! ...are all examples of what?
Interjections