Nouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing.
What is an adjective?
An adjective describes a noun.
What is an adverb?
An adverb describes a verb or adjective.
Where does the period go in the sentence below?
I went to the store
I went to the store.
Which word needs the first letter to be capitalized?
we are in class right now.
We are in class right now.
Which word in this sentence is a noun?
The store was big.
"Store" is the noun because it is a thing.
Which word in the sentence below is an adjective?
The tall man walked to the store.
"Tall" is an adjective because it describes the noun, "man".
Which word in the sentence below is an adverb?
The man quickly ran.
"Quickly" is the adverb. It describes "ran".
Where does the question mark go in the sentence below?
What do you want to have for dinner
What do you want to have for dinner?
Which word needs the first letter to be capitalized?
Jack went to the store. he bought snacks.
Jack went to the store. He bought snacks.
Which words in this sentence are nouns?
The teacher ate an apple.
"Teacher" and "apple" are nouns. "Teacher" is a person. "Apple" is a thing (food).
Which words in the sentence below is are adjectives?
The short woman walked into the cold room.
"Short" and "cold" are adjectives. "Short" describes the woman and "cold" describes the room.
Which words in the sentence below is are adverbs?
The turtle slowly walked. The bunny excitedly hopped.
"Slowly" and "excitedly" are adverbs. "Slowly" describes "walked" and "excitedly" describes "hopped".
What punctuation should go at the end of this sentence?
STOP looking at meSTOP looking at me!
Which words need the first letter to be capitalized?
What did you say? can you repeat that? please say it one more time.
What did you say? Can you repeat that? Please say it one more time.
Which words in this sentence are nouns (200 points)? Why are they nouns (200 points)?
The man lives in Philadelphia.
"Man" and "Hillsdale" are nouns. "Man" is a person. "Philadelphia" is a place.
Which words in this sentence are adjectives (200 points)? Why are they adjectives (200 points)?
The blue bird sat on the red car.
"Red" and "red" are adjectives. "Blue" is a color and describes the bird. "Red" is a color and describes "car".
Which words in the sentence below are adverbs (200 points)? Why are they adverbs (200 points)?
He spoke softly and she spoke loudly.
"Softly" and "loudly" are adverbs. They both describe "spoke".
Where do the commas go in the sentence below?
I went to the store and bought apples oranges bananas and grapes.
I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, bananas, and grapes.
Which words need the first letter to be capitalized?
let's go to the park. it's a beautiful day. should we go?
Let's go to the park. It's a beautiful day. Should we go?
Which words in this sentence are nouns (250 points)? Why are they nouns (250 points)?
A dog chased a cat in the park.
"Dog", "cat", and "park" are nouns. "Dog" and "cat" are things (animals). "Park" is a place.
Which words in this sentence are adjectives (250 points)? Why are they adjectives (250 points)?
The beautiful sun shined on the green grass where the large cow rested.
"Beautiful", "green" and "large" are adjectives. "Beautiful" describes "sun". "Green" is a color and describes "grass". "Large" describes "cow".
Which words in the sentence below are adverbs (250 points)? Why are they adverbs (250 points)?
He hungrily ate the chocolate cake while the baker happily watched.
"Hungrily" and "happily" are the adverbs. "Hungrily" describes "ate" and "happily" describes "watched".
Where does the apostrophe go in the sentence below?
I went to my cousins birthday party.
I went to my cousins birthday party.
Which words need to be capitalized?
i think that we should watch a movie. i love drama movies but i like comedies more.
I think that we should watch a movie. I love drama movies but I like comedies more.