3rd Grade Grammar: Parts of Speech

Nouns

100

Define a noun.

A noun is the part of speech that names a PERSON, a PLACE or a THING.

200

What is the noun in this sentence?

The girl walked.

girl (person)

300

What is the common noun in this sentence? (2 answers)

Mr. Morton rode the bus all of the way home.

bus, home

400

COMMON or PROPER NOUN? Why?

June

PROPER; it is the name of a SPECIFIC month. 

500

What are the common and proper nouns in the sentence?

Danielle walks home alone from school every Tuesday.

Proper: Danielle, Tuesday

Common: home, school

Verbs

100

Define a verb.

A verb is the part of speech that describes the ACTION (what is doing/done) or STATE OF BEING (how something is) in a sentence.

200

What is the verb in this sentence?

Dan and Leah play tag at recess. 

tag

300

Complete the sentence using a verb: I will help my father _________ the house tomorrow.

possible answers: WASH, CLEAN, PAINT, BUILD

400

What is the correct form of the verb: They (WANT/WANTS) to go again.

They WANT to go again

500

What is the verb in this sentence?

Alex is happy. 

is (Linking Verb)

Adjectives

100

Define an adjective.

An adjective is the part of speech that MODIFIES (DESCRIBES) a noun, telling SIZE, COLOR OR HOW MANY.

200

What are the adjective(s) in the following sentence?

 The girl sat on the small brown chair.

SMALL; BROWN

300

What are adjectives in the following sentence?

 "The wedding gown was lovely and expensive."

LOVELY; EXPENSIVE

400

Correctly rearrange the scrambled sentence: JOHN BLUE GRANDMA GAVE HAT A

Grandma gave John a blue hat. -OR- John gave Grandma a blue hat.

500

Describe coffee using your five senses. 

Teacher Decides 

Photo of the Day

100

Define opinion.

What you think of when you see a photo

200

Define predication.

What happens next.

300

Define observation.

Three things you see.

400

Define inference. 

You conclusion or best guess based on clues in a picture.

500

What website do we use to find the photo of the day?

National Geographic

Sentence Structure

100

What type of letter do you START a sentence with?

A capital letter.

200

What do you END a sentence with?

A period or other punctuation mark. 

300

What is wrong with this sentence?

i do not like cooking.

The first letter of the sentence  needs to be capitalized.

I do not like cooking. 

400

What is wrong with this sentence?

Mallory and Ivan love playing video games together after school their favorite game is Minecraft

Run on sentence and no punctuation used.

Mallory and Ivan love playing video games together after school. Their favorite game is Minecraft.

500

What is wrong with this sentence?

What do you like to do after school.

Improper punctuation- Question mark, not period

What do you like to do after school?