Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
A lazy person who watches too much TV.
What is a couch potato?
Pre- as in preview or preheat
Before
-er as in bigger or stronger
Something that you can catch but cannot throw.
What is a cold?
Shows action
What is a verb?
What you might hear someone say when it is raining very hard.
"It's raining cats and dogs!"
Re- as in rewrite or return
again; back
-ful as in beautiful or helpful
full of
What is a candle?
Used to describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
What you might call someone who is always reading a book.
What is a book worm?
Un- as in uncover or unblock
Opposite
-less as in careless or penniless
without
All of them.
Used to describe a verb.
What is an adverb?
A phrase we adopted from the Romans that lets people know that it can take some time to be successful.
"Rome wasn't built in a day."
Sub- as in submarine or substandard
Under
-ish as in childish or fiendish
like
I shave every day but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber
A word that shows direction, location, and time.
What is a preposition?
What your parents might say to you to let you know that money is not that easy to come by.
"Money doesn't grow on trees"
Mis- as in mismatch or misplace
Wrongly
-ous as in wondrous or nervous
full of
I am light as a feather, but the strongest person can't hold me for more than a couple of minutes. What am I?