Parts of Speech
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a descriptive word. It describes a noun.
What is a Synonym?
Words that have the same or similar meanings.
What is a prefix?
A prefix is a letter or group of letters that come at the beginning of a word.
What is an antonym?
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
What is a suffix?
A suffix is a a letter or group of letters at the end of a word.
What is a noun?
A person, place or thing.
What is a synonym for surprised?
Shocked
True or False - ed is a prefix.
False
What is an antonym for cold beside hot.
Mild, warm, temperate
True or False- Er is a suffix
True
What is a verb?
An action word.
What is a synonym for bumpy?
Rough
True or False- Un is a prefix?
True
What is an antonym for dangerous?
Safe, harmless
True or False - ful is a suffix
True
Identify the following words-
Angry
Breathe
school
boy
Adjective
Verb
Noun
Noun
Tell me a synonym for the words that are Italicized.
Nick was having a bad day. First, he spilled his juice all over his nice new pair of pants.
Identify one noun, adjective, and verb.
Bad= unfortunate, unlucky
Nice= lovely
Noun- Juice, pants
Adjective- bad, new, nice
Verb- spilled
I had to review my homework for the big test.
What word has a prefix in?
Identify the prefix.
Review
-Re
Tell me an antonym for the word italicized in the sentence.
Cory laid his head down on the white, hard, comfortable pillow.
Soft
The rain is the heaviest in the north.
What word has the suffix?
What is the suffix?
heaviest
est
Identify the parts of speech in the sentence.
The happy girl, ran to her tall, beautiful mother when the school bell rang.
Adjectives:
happy, tall beautiful, school
Noun:
girl, mother, bell
Verbs:
ran, rang
are taecher were happy with are tests scores
Our teacher was happy with our test scores.
Happy= delighted, joyful
Danny dislikes writing essays in English.
What word has a prefix?
What is the prefix?
dislikes
-dis
Identify an antonym in the sentence.
The clumsy ballerina danced across the stage.
What is the verb in the sentence?
What is the suffix on the word danced?
Graceful
Danced
-ed
I was fearful for failing the test.
What two words have a suffix in it?
What are the two suffixes?
Fearful and failing
ful and ing