Nouns
What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?
Noun
What part of speech takes the place of a noun?
Pronoun
This part of speech shows action or a state of being.
Verb
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?
Adjective
What part of speech shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word?
Preposition
What kind of noun names a specific person, place, or thing?
Proper Noun
In the sentence My teacher opened his gift first, what is the antecedent of “his”?
Teacher
What is the helping verb in the phrase is running?
What is the helping verb in the phrase 'is running'?
What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Adverb
Name one of the FANBOYS coordinating conjunctions.
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is the plural of fox? (How is it spelled?)
Foxes
What pronoun case shows ownership?
Possessive
What type of verb does not have a receiver of the action?
Intransitive
In the phrase the bright light, which word is the adjective?
Bright
What do we call a conjunction pair such as either…or or neither…nor?
correlative conjunction
What do we call a noun that names a group, such as “team” or “audience”?
Collective Noun
Which pronoun begins a question?
Interrogative
Name one example of a linking verb from the list on the slide.
am, is, was, are, were...
In the sentence "She ran very quickly", which word modifies quickly?
Very
What is the rule you must remember about prepositions?
All prepositions need an object
Combine two words to form a compound noun found in your slides.
Ex: High School
What kind of pronoun connects a subordinate clause to another idea in the same sentence?
Relative
What kind of verb links the subject to a word describing it?
What are the four questions adjectives answer?
What kind? Which one? How many? How much?
What part of speech expresses emotion and stands alone in a sentence?
Interjection