Parts of Speech
What is the definition of a noun?
What is a person, place, thing, or idea?
Identify the interjection(s):
Well, I guess it's time to start studying for the Parts of Speech Assessment.
What is Well?
Identify the noun(s):
The cat slept peacefully on the windowsill.
What is "cat" and "windowsill"?
Identify the verb(s):
Mrs. Lilley does a great job teaching grammar!
What is "does teaching"?
Identify the adjective(s):
I have a vibrant garden in my big backyard.
What is "vibrant" and "big"?
Identify the interjection(s):
Oh no, I forgot my wallet in Mrs. Wingate's room.
What is "oh no"?
What is a "pronoun"?
Identify the conjunction(s):
I wanted to go to the beach, but it started raining heavily, so I stayed home.
What is but and so?
What are the two main types of verbs? Give an example of each.
What is a linking and action verb?
Identify the verb(s):
Brody wore a beautiful suit to homecoming.
What is "wore"?
(vote Brody Garry for hoco king!)
Identify the adverb(s):
She danced gracefully across the stage, captivating the audience with her elegant movements.
What is gracefully?
Identify the pronoun(s):
It is raining heavily outside, so we should stay indoors.
What is "it" and "we"?
Identify the preposition(s):
They traveled by train to the city.
What is "by" and "to"?
Identify the noun(s):
The happiness she felt after winning the game was immense, and she celebrated with her team at Chili's.
What is "happiness", "game", "team" and "Chili's"?
What part of speech is "yet"?
What is "conjunction"?
True or false:
"to" is functioning as a preposition in the sentence:
We want to sleep instead of going to school.
FALSE
Identify the adjective(s):
Ms. Barnhart's sweet 7Brew order was made incorrectly this morning.
What is "sweet"?
Identify the pronoun(s):
They wanted to watch Gnomeo and Juliet, but he preferred to read a book.
What is "they" and "he"?
What parts of speech does an adverb modify?
What is an "adjective", "adverb", or "verb"?
Identify the adverb(s):
They ate dinner together last night.
What is "together"?
Identify the adjective(s):
I will gladly go to the store because I want to buy groceries and candy.
What is "the"?
What part of speech is "sometimes"?
I sometimes become impatient because I want to talk about my day at school.
What is an "adverb"?
Identify the preposition(s):
The cat curled up on the cozy blanket by the fireplace to stay warm during the cold winter night.
What is "on", "by", and "during"?
What part of speech is "this"?
This is an important time for all of us.
What is a "pronoun"?
Identify the preposition(s):
Preppy ran across the field to find the acorn because he was STARVINGGG after a long day of terrorizing dogs.
What is "across", "after", and "of"?