Parts of Speech: Definition
This part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective
The person, place, thing or idea that performs the action or that is being described
What is the subject?
We must polish the Polish furniture.
What is a pronoun
The rabid squirrel stole my homework and ate it greedily.
What is the subject?
A group of words without a subject/verb that work together as one part of speech
What is a phrase?
This part of speech modifies and adjective or verb.
What is an adverb?
The part of the sentence that that contains the verb and tells something about the subject. It includes the verb and any objects or modifiers.
What is the predicate?
We must polish the Polish furniture.
What is the verb?
Your stinky sock smells absolutely terrifying today.
What is the predicate?
Identify the italicized phrase
The dog crawled under the bed.
What is a prepositional phrase?
This part of speech connects a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence, showing the relationship between them, often indicating time, place, direction, or how things connect
What is a preposition?
What do we call the part of the sentence that receives the action of an action verb?
The direct object
We must polish the Polish furniture for grandma.
What is an adjective?
Your stinky gym sock smells absolutely horrific today.
What is the predicate adjective?
Identify the object of the preposition.
Jeemin took the SCAT test in February.
What is February?
This part of speech can be classified as active or linking/state of being.
What is a verb?
What do we call the part of the sentence that follows a linking or state of being verb and renames the subject?
The predicate nominative
We must polish the Polish furniture for grandma.
What is a preposition?
What is the direct object?
Identify the present and past particple of the verb to walk?
What is walked and walking?
This part of speech takes the place of a noun.
What do we call the part of the sentence after a linking/state of being verb that describes the subject?
We must polish the Polish furniture for grandma.
What are nouns?
Jeemin gave Jianne a pickle and cheese sandwich for her birthday."
What is the indirect object?
Identify the present and past participle of the verb to eat?
What is eating and eaten?