Parts of Speech
A word that names 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 noun in the sentence below: My mom took me to Mcdonalds today to get brown ice cream.
Mcdonalds
A word that names an action... You can DO it!
verb
These words are used to connect two other words, phrases, or sentences: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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: You are an amazing student!
amazing
A word that describes nouns and pronouns.
adjective
These words are used to show extreme emotion. They can stand alone as a one-word sentence: Wow! Eek! Yikes!
interjections
Wow! Yikes! Eek! Dang!
interjections
What is the noun in the following sentence: My dad loves to read.
dad
What is the interjection in the sentence below: Oops! I forgot to do my homework last night.
oops
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
adverb
Special adjectives that come in front of nouns (a, an, the) are called
articles
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
A word that describes a verb, adverb, or adjective.
preposition
This is the job of an adjective...
describe a noun or pronoun
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
conjunctions
What is the conjunction in the sentence below: I want to play outside today, but it is raining.
but
What is the adjective in the sentence below: I went to summer camp last year.
summer