8 Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech 1

100

A person, place, or thing

noun 

200

Is this sentence a complete sentence? 

Went to the game. 

No.

300

Identify the noun in the following sentence: 

She can not play the flute. 

flute 

400

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:

We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library. 

so

500

Daily Double-

Proper nouns should always be this.

capitalized

Parts of Speech 2

100

"Run" is what part of speech? 

verb

200

Is this sentence a complete sentence? 

Ran quickly to the bus.

No. There is no subject. 

300

This part of speech that modifies or qualifies often ends in -ly

adverb

400

Daily Double-

Identify the adjective in the sentence: 

They live on a huge farm. 

huge

500

This part of speech shows relationships between words such as location

preposition

Parts of Speech 3

100

A word used to describe an action: 

a verb

200

Is this sentence a complete sentence? 

Jimmy Johns has the best sandwiches. 

Yes. 

300

He, I, his, she, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?

pronouns 

400

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: 

Fred wanted to show hogs or goats at the fair. 

or

500

Daily Double- 

Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?

conjunctions

Parts of speech 4

100

A word used to describe a noun:

an adjective

200

Is this a complete sentence?

They lunch after science class.

NO.

300

Daily Double-

He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...

an adverb 

400

In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have these two parts of speech.

Noun and Verb

500

What is the acronym to remember conjunctions?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

FANBOYS

Parts of Speech 5

100

"classroom" is what part of speech?

noun

200

"gold" is what part of speech? 

adjective

300

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: 

Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways. 

but

400

Daily Double - 

Aha! Gosh! Wow! Ouch! ...are all examples of what? 

Interjections 

500

EXTRA HARD: 2 PARTS

A. This part of speech answers when, where, how

B. This part of speech answers what kind, how many

A. adjective

B. adverb

Riddles

100

What gets wetter the more it dries?

A towel 

200

I have a tail, and I have a head, but I have no body. What am I?

A coin

300

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An Egg

400

What month of the year has 28 days?

All of them

500

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Darkness