Parts of Speech
Nouns
Adjectives
Pot Pourri
100
A "lad" is this part of speech.
What is a noun?
100
This proper noun is the name of a summer festival.
What is Puppets' Up.
100
This adjective describes the type of basket James Naismith used when he invented the game of basketball.
What is a peach basket.
100
This word indicates the relationship between two people, or things, usually in terms of where they are.
What is a preposition?
200
In this context, "Lads!" is this part of speech.
What is an interjection?
200
In the sentence, "A crowd gathered at the Almonte Thunder hockey game to cheer on the players," the word crowd is this type of noun.
What is collective.
200
The old-school costume for our mascot, OODA, may need to be replaced in the near future. This type of adjective describes the costume.
What is compound?
300
In the sentence, "James Naismith invented basketball," the word invented is this part of speech.
What is a verb?
300
How many concrete nouns are in the following sentence: "The quarterback threw the football to the receiver at the Turkey Bowl game."
What is 4?
300
The Scottish Highland Games are held every August. In this sentence, Scottish is this type of adjective.
What is Proper?
300
A lower case 'i' is often found in students' writing but it is this part of speech.
What is a pronoun (proper)?
400
Baker Bob makes delicious pies and his croissants are also delicious! In this sentence, the word "his" is this part of speech.
What is a determiner.
400
In the sentence, "Happiness occurs when you see your teacher's name on the spare board at ADHS" what type of noun is happiness?
What is abstract?
400
After the Awakeover, the student felt sleepy. This type of adjective is in this sentence.
What is predicate?
500
In November, this abstract noun has some Almontians out of school for a week.
What is hunting?
500
When students are late to class, they often blame the line up at this proper noun.
What is Tim Horton's?
500
At the autumn pep rally, a sea of orange, black and white fill the stands. This sentence contains this type of adjective.
What is listing?
500
In the sentence, "Although the tower was hot, some students remained in their jackets," this is the conjunction.
What is "although?"