Parts of Speech
person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
I ran to the store.
What is the action verb in this sentence?
ran
The pink caterpillar slept in the tree.
There is one adjective. What is it?
Pink
(A color adjective)
Noun or Pronoun?
John (a boy)
he
Bella (a dog)
it
Boy: John: Noun-- Proper b/c John is a specific name!
he: a pronoun that could refer to John or any other boy.
Dog: Bella: Noun- Proper b/c Bella is a specific name!
it: a pronoun that could refer to a dog, or a book or many other nouns.
Jessica hopscotches everyday after school.
What is hoopalings? Noun, verb, adjective, pronoun or adverb?
Verb (Action Verb)
the job of these verbs is to describe an action
action verb
The track start sprints and hurdles at every meet.
What are the action verbs in this sentence?
Hint: there are 2
sprints, hurdles
The old lady and the small boy quickly crossed the street.
There are two adjectives, what are they?
Old describes the lady.
Small describes the boy.
John invited his friends over to stay the night.
What is the proper noun? What is the pronoun?
Pronoun: his
If we replaced the pronoun with the noun, the sentence is wordy, but it still makes sense:
John invited John's friends over to stay the night.
John & Jacob are best friends. They fish together every weekend.
What are John & Jacob?
nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, or adverbs
John & Jacob are specific names of people, so they are Proper Nouns!
the job of these verbs is to connect the subject to the rest of the sentence.
Hint: can be replaced with an "="
Linking verb
When the actor acts, the director directs, and the camera records.
What are the action verbs in this sentence?
hint: there are 3
acts, directs, records
There was a loud crash, so I ran into the closest door to hide.
There are two adjectives, what are they?
Loud describes the crash.
Closest describes the door.
Why do we use pronouns in sentences instead of just using the noun again?
Example:
Jessica quickly did her hair and left her house to go to dinner with her friends.
Jessica quickly did Jessica's hair and left Jessica's house to go to dinner with Jessica's friends.
Pronouns help keep the flow and keep sentences from being too wordy and repetitive.
What tense is this verb:
Jacob swam in his pool yesterday afternoon.
Is "swam" past, present or future tense?
Past
the job of these words is to describe nouns
Adjective
Name four action verbs
runs, jumps, paints, plays, skips, sings, sleeps, eats, jogs, walks, breathes, drives, dives, swims, shops, sighs, blinks, etc.
Name four adjectives.
Hint: think of any noun and how to describe it. Remember, adjectives can describe: color, size, feeling, quantity or sense
pink, big, excited, several, tasty
Name three nouns & a pronoun that can be used to replace them.
You can name common (non-specific person, place, thing or idea) or proper nouns (specifically naming a person, place, thing or idea.)
John-He/him
Sally-She/her
Rufus-He/She/It
Friends-They/Them
The cat ran quickly up the tree.
Is quickly an adjective or an adverb?
Quickly describes ran, and ran is a verb. So, quickly is an adverb!
the job of these words is describing a verb
adverb
Give me a sentence with an action verb in it.
Remember: an action verb describes an action.
What was the action verb?
Give me a sentence with an adjective in it.
Remember, adjectives are any words that describe NOUNS (Person, Place, Thing or Idea)!
What is the adjective in your sentence? Which noun is it describing?
Give me a sentence with a noun and a pronoun.
Remember: the noun and pronoun have to match.
Think of a noun, give the noun an action. Now, think of a new action that same noun can do, but use a pronoun, instead!
What is the noun? What is the pronoun? Do they match?
Make up a sentence that has three of the following:
Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
What is the noun?
What is the verb?
Is there an adjective?
Is there an adverb?