Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech Examples
A little bit of everything
This and That
100

a person, place, thing, or idea

What is a noun?

100

I quickly at the delicious hamburger and went to recess.  What are the nouns in this sentence?

Hamburger and Recess

100
pretty, smart, mean, angry, sleepy, blue, loud
What are adjectives?
100

Complete Subject: The angry teacher screamed loudly at the students.

What is "The angry teacher"?

100

Simple Subject: The bright sunlight shone through the bedroom window.

What is "sunlight"?

200

A pronoun can show possession in a sentence.  Name a  possessive pronoun

mine, hers, his, theirs, its, yours, your...

200

We always do our homework after school.  

What are the adverbs?


Always

After

200
chair, marker, teacher, mom, eraser, McDonald's, school
What are nouns?
200

Give an example of a singular pronoun

I, me, my, mine, you, yours, he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, is

200

What is the preposition in this sentence?

My cat likes to hide under our kitchen table!

Under

300

There are two types of verbs.  Action verbs is one.  Can you name the other type of verb?

Helping verb

300

I want to eat the pizza, but I don't like pepperoni pizza!!!


What is the adjective in the sentence?

Pepperoni- tells what kind of pizza!!

300
I, we, him, she, her, it, they, us
What are pronouns?
300

Name an adverb that tells us "how often"

always, everyday, frequently, never, often, once, seldom, rarely, sometimes, and many more

300

Give an example of a plural pronoun

we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs

400

Hardly, loudly, rapidly, accidentally.  Those are all adverbs that share what common feature?  

Words that end in 'ly'

400

We walked to their house after school so our mom could pick us up!

Name the pronouns

We, their, our, us

400
quickly, carefully, yesterday, happily, stupidly
What are adverbs?
400

There are EIGHT parts of speech.  Name four of them

noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, pronoun, interjection, conjunction

400

In the word "preposition" what is the root word that can give us a hint about what a preposition does?

root word is "position"

prepositions tell us about what position objects are in.  

500

There are two types of nouns.  Name them

Common nouns and proper nouns

500

What does a pronoun do?

Takes place of a noun and makes our speech and our writing smoother, and easier.

500

What is a verb?

A word that shows an action.  Something that we can do or see being done.

500

What does an adjective do?

Describes a noun or a pronoun

500

What does an adverb do?

Describes a verb.  Can tell us how, how much, when, and where