Name the nouns in the following sentence:
I walked home with my dog at my side.
What are home & dog?
100
In the following list, name the concrete noun.
happiness sorrow
love book
anger exhaustion
What is book?
100
This is a noun that names any one of a class of people, places, or things (not proper).
What is a common noun?
200
an action word; tells what people or things do
What is a verb?
200
a word that takes place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
200
Name the verb(s) in the following sentence:
Kathy jumped over the toy in her front yard while running away from her brother.
What are jumped & running?
200
In the following list, name the adverbs.
courage carefully
barnyard dancing
haughtily laughing
What is "carefully" & "haughtily"
200
these are verbs placed before other verbs to form verb phrases
What is a helping verb?
300
nouns that can't be identified using one's senses
What is an abstract noun?
300
connecting words; connects two independent clauses
What is a conjunction?
300
"Watch out" is which type of speech in the following sentence:
The car was racing towards the sharp curve as Hannah yelled, "Watch out! , you are going to crash!"
What is an interjection.
300
In the following list, name the proper nouns.
school cafeteria
Mrs. Walker teacher
student New York
What is "Mrs. Walker" & "New York"
300
Adverbs tell when, where, and ?
What is how?
400
a noun made up of two or more words (but stands for only one thing)
What is a compound noun?
400
an exclamatory word or phrase; it shows strong emotion
What is an interjection?
400
What is the conjunction in the following sentence?
He was trying to do his homework while his sister was playing her drums.
What is while?
400
Name 3 common nouns.
What is (answers will vary).
400
Name at least 5 pronouns
What are:
I, we, you, she, he, it, they, them, we, us, your, our, them, me, him, her, my, mine
500
tells more about the verb, noun, or another adverb that they modify
What is an adverb?
500
a word that connects a noun or pronoun to another part of the sentence
What is a preposition?
500
What is the preposition in the following sentence?
I found the ball in the backyard.
What is "in"?
500
Name 3 commonly used conjunctions.
(Hint: think FANBOYS)
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
(May get some other answers.)
500
Make up your own sentence containing 3 of the 8 parts of speech and be able to identify those 3 parts of speech.