Parts of Speech
Takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
pretty, silly, smart, blue, cold, hard, wooden, smooth
What are adjectives?
What is the preposition in the following sentence: Plants were the first living things on Earth.
What is on?
What is the proper noun in the sentence below:
My mom took me to Burger King today to get chocolate ice cream.
What is Burger King?
These words are used to separate two other words or phrases: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are conjunctions?
boy, pencil, school, McDonald's, book, teacher
What are nouns?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: The strong athlete helped his team win the game.
What is strong, his, and the?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: You are an amazing student!
What is amazing?
These words are used to show extreme emotion. They can stand alone as a one-word sentence: Wow! Eek! Yikes!
What are interjections?
What is the interjection in the sentence below: Oops! I forgot to do my homework last night.
What is oops!
The preposition in the following sentence:
Did Dally get arrested for stealing the car?
What is for?
on, through, between, beside, to, from, down
What are prepositions?
What is the pronoun in the sentence below:
She was absent from school today.
What is she?
What is the adverb in the sentence below:
After running three miles, I could barely move.
What is barely?
This is the job of an adjective...
What is to describe a noun or pronoun?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are conjunctions?
What is the adjective in the sentence below:
I went to summer camp last year.
What is summer?
What is last?