Definitions
Define noun
Person, place, thing or idea
What part of speech is the word beautiful?
Adjective - it describes a person, place, thing or idea
Give an example of a noun to fit with school.
A person, place, thing or idea
Identify all nouns in this sentence:
I love carving pumpkins.
I, pumpkins
Define the subject of a sentence
The main noun - doing the action
Define verb
action word
What part of speech is the word sleeping?
Verb - it's an action word
Give an example of a pronoun used to describe a group of people.
A word that replaces a noun - we, us, they, them
Identify all adjectives in this sentence:
Ms. Kane has a spooky costume planned for Halloween.
Spooky
Explain the purpose of the predicate (what part of the sentence is it?)
The main action (verb) in the sentence
Define pronoun
A word that replaces a noun
What part of speech is the word sticky?
Adjective - it describes a person, place, thing or idea
Give an example of an adjective to fit with the cafeteria at school
A describing word
Identify all verbs in this sentence:
Grumpy old lady Millie hates when kids are trick-or-treating.
Hates, trick-or-treating
Identify the subject in this sentence:
Robert and Don were racing through the cemetery to get home.
Two subjects! Robert and Don
Define adjective
Describes a noun
What part of speech is the word dream?
It depends on how you use it! It could be a noun (I have a dream) or it could be a verb (I am dreaming).
An action word
Identify all helping verbs in this sentence:
It's so cute when older siblings help little kids go trick-or-treating.
There's only one! The "is" in "It's"
Identify the predicate in this sentence:
Milk duds are my least favorite candy.
Define helping verb
Words that help action verbs or stand alone as verbs
What part of speech is the word am?
It depends! It could be a helping verb (I am leaving) or it could be a main verb (I am here).
Give an example of a helping verb that can also be a stand alone verb.
All of the helping verbs can stand alone so any helping verb would be an accurate answer
Identify all adjectives in this sentence:
The full moon was shining brightly during the final hours on Halloween night.
The, full, the, final, Halloween
*Brightly is an ADVERB describing how the moon shines.
Identify both the subject and predicate of this sentence:
I will be successful on my simple summative assessment.
Subject: I
Predicate: will (helping verb) be (predicate)