Nouns/Pronouns
What is a noun?
A naming word. It names a person, place, thing or idea.
What is an adjective?
Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns
What is a verb?
Verbs are often called "action words" because they describe what the subject of a sentence is doing or experiencing.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a part of speech that modifies or adds detail to a verb.
What does a subject of a sentence do?
The subject of a sentence is usually tells who or what the sentence is about.
Give two examples of a common noun
Dog, cat, teacher, pen, pencil, Fireman, book, house, mouse, etc.
Which word is an adjective?
Scary, jump, so
Scary
Give an example of a verb?
Possible examples include: run, jump, think, eat, etc.
What letters does an adverb often, not always, end with?
"ly"
What does a predicate do?
The predicate then tells you more about that subject – like what it's doing, what it's like, or what's happening to it.
What is a proper noun?
a name used for an individual person, place, or thing, spelled with capital letters
Which words are adjectives in the sentence?
The lazy, old dog slept on the couch.
lazy and old
Is the word "believe" a verb?
Yes
Give an example of an adverb.
quickly, slowly, neatly, carefully
What is the subject in the sentence? The cat ate all of the tuna fish.
The cat
Give two examples of proper nouns
Michael Jordan, Brielle Elementary School, Dominos Pizza, etc.
Which word is the adjective? I just did some difficult exercises.
Difficult
What is the verb in the sentence? The rabbit jumped over the creek.
Jumped
Which word is the adverb in the sentence? The shy student slowly raised his hand.
slowly
What is the predicate of the sentence?
The computer costs about four hundred dollars.
"costs about four hundred dollars."
What is a pronoun? Give two examples.
pronouns are words like he, she, it, they, we, I, you, me, him, her, us, and them that take the place of nouns
Give at least three examples of adjectives
Scary, red, young, old, large, fast, blue, frozen, etc.
What is a linking verb?
They link the subject of a sentence to a word or phrase that provides more information about it, often an adjective or noun.
give an example of an adverb that does NOT end in "ly".
fast, slow, late, soon
What part of speech does a predicate always include?
verb.