Parts of Speech
a person, place, thing, or idea
noun
takes the place of a noun
pronoun
pretty, silly, smart, blue, cold, hard, wooden, smooth
adjectives
What is the preposition in the following sentence?
Plants were the first living things on earth.
on
What is the proper noun in the sentence below?
My mom took me to McDonald's today to get brown ice cream.
McDonald's
an action... You can DO it!
verb
These words are used to separate two other words or phrases: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
coordinating conjunctions
boy, pencil, school, McDonald's, book, teacher
nouns
What is the adjective in the sentence below?
The strong athlete helped his team win the game.
strong
What is the adjective in the sentence below?
I dropped my coffee cup on the concrete this morning.
coffee
describes nouns and pronouns
adjectives
examples include... he, I, it, us, them, we
pronouns
soon, quickly, yesterday, very
adverbs
What is the noun in the following sentence?
My dad loves to read.
dad
What is the subordinating conjunction?
Although I wanted pizza for dinner, mom said no, but she did allow us to have tacos.
although
describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
adverb
name the 3 articles
a, an, the
on, through, between, beside, to, from, down
prepositions
What is the pronoun in the sentence below?
She was absent from school today.
she
What is the adverb in the sentence below?
After running three miles, I could barely move.
barely
shows time, location (position), and movement
preposition
this is the job of an adjective...
describe a noun or pronoun
while, after, because, if, when
subordinating conjunctions
What is the coordinating conjunction in the sentence below?
I want to play outside today, but it is raining.
but
What is the verb in the sentence below?
I went to summer camp last year.
went