Nouns
A word that represents a general person, place, or thing and does not need to be capitalized unless it is the first word of a sentence or in a title.
What is a common noun?
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
A words that describes or modifies a noun or a proun.
What is an adjective?
A word that links a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence to show direction, time, place, spacial relationships, or to introduce an object.
What is a preposition?
A word that connects phrases or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
A word that represents the name of a specific person, place or thing and must always be capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
How many pronouns are in the following sentence?
When Olivia sneezed, others told her, "Bless you."
What is one?
A word that modifies a verb, adverb, adjective, or the entire sentence.
What is an adverb?
What type of prepositions are at, on, and in?
What are prepositions of place?
A word that comes before a noun and indicates if the noun is general or specific.
What is an article?
How many nouns are in the following sentence?
Builders make mistakes, help others, and always try their best.
What is four?
Name the prounoun(s) in the following sentence?
When Builders are challenged, they use their minds to figure out a solution to the problem.
What are they and their?
In the following sentence, what part of speech is the word kindly?
Builders treat others kindly.
What is an adverb.
What types of prepositions are before, after, and at?
What are prepositions of time?
FANBOY stands for the conjunctions in English. Name the conjunctions.
What are for, and, nor, but, or, and yet.
Name the nouns in the following sentence:
Builders make mistakes, help others, and always try their best.
What are builders, mistakes, others, and best?
Name the possessive pronoun in the following sentence:
When Builders are challenged, they use their minds to figure out a solution to the problem.
What is their?
In the following sentence, what part of speech is intelligent?
The intelligent Falcon Builders were the best students in the Flinn Middle School Summer Camp.
What type of prepositions are across, into, toward?
What are prepositions of direction?
A, an, the
What are articles?
List three proper nouns.
What are . . . (answers may vary and MUST be capitalized)
List all of the pronouns you can think of in 30 seconds. The team that lists the most will get the points. (The pronouns must be spelled correctly to count.)
What are . . .
How many adjectives and adverbs are in the next sentence?
Falcon Builders worked hard the past two weeks as they diligently practiced math and ELA skills.
What are four adjectives and two adverbs?
Name the prepositions in the following sentence:
Before school, I put my supplies into my backpack, get in the car, and put my earbuds in as my mom backs out of the driveway.
What are into, in, of?
Name the conjunctions in the following sentence:
Flinn Summer Camp was fun, but I am looking forward to sleeping in and playing the game.
What are but and and.