What part of speech is it?
a person, place or thing
noun
The cat is lazy.
The children play on the playground.
The brown cat is on the couch.
brown
takes a noun's place
pronoun
The old dog sleeps all day.
dog
The mouse ran quickly.
ran
The cat is brown.
brown
actions
verbs
Mrs. Garcia
The students listen to the teacher.
listen
The teacher is speaking to the young student.
young
describes a noun
adjective
The young child is very happy.
child
The cat is lazy.
is
The black dog is barking loudly.
black
gives information about nouns such as how many or if it's general or specific
article
The fat spotted brown cow is eating.
cow
The teacher is writing the answer on the board.
is writing
The fat cat is lazy (hint: there are 2 adjectives!)
fat
lazy