Parts of Speech
A person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
Run, sing, crying, ate, sitting.
What are examples of verbs?
A fable that has the moral "slow and steady wins the race".
What is The Tortoise and the Hare?
Punctuation that ends a sentence.
What is a period?
A story that contains the quote, "The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day."
What is The Cat in the Hat?
An action.
What is a verb?
Xilin, turtle, ice cream, Erica Hale, planet.
What are examples of nouns?
A fable that teaches the importance of working hard before you relax.
What is The Ants and the Grasshopper?
Punctuation used to ask something.
What is a question mark?
A story that contains the quote, "I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere."
What is Green Eggs and Ham?
A word used to describe something.
What is an adjective?
Purple, angry, big, smooth, cool.
What are examples of adjectives?
What is The Fox and the Grapes?
Punctuation used to separate parts of the same sentence.
What is a comma?
A story that contains the quote, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
What is Oh, the Places You'll Go!?
A word used to describe an adjective or a verb.
What is an adverb?
She, they, we, you, him, it.
What are examples of pronouns?
A fable about a bird that teaches about using your brain in a difficult situation.
What is The Crow and the Pitcher?
Punctuation used to show strong feelings.
What is an exclamation point?
A story that contains the quote, "Don’t give up! I believe in you all. A person’s a person, no matter how small!"
What is Horton Hears a Who!?
A word that describes the relationship between words.
What is a preposition?
Sadly, early, happily, rudely.
What are examples of adverbs?
A fable that has the moral "kindness is never wasted".
What is The Lion and the Mouse?
Punctuation that helps the writer provide extra information that might not be as important as the rest of the sentence.
What are parentheses?
A story that contains the quote, "I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.”
What is The Lorax?