nouns
adjectives
pronouns
action/linking verbs
adverbs
100
Identify the proper nouns. My family is not from the small town of West Jefferson, North Carolina.
What is West Jefferson and North Carolina?
100
Find the two adjectives. The last speaker discussed an interesting point.
What is last and interesting?
100
Identify the two personal pronouns. The students took their books with them.
What is their and them?
100
Find the action verb. My grandmother usually gives me a birthday present every year.
What is gives?
100
Find the adverb. My alarm clock hardly ever wakes me up.
What is hardly?
200
Identify the compound nouns. Our mother told my sister-in-law to sleep in my bedroom, and for me to sleep on the couch.
What is sister-in-law and bedroom?
200
Find the three adjectives. The first game was played on a cold, rainy night.
What is first, cold and rainy?
200
Find the two indefinite pronouns. At the party, everyone had some cake and ice cream.
What is everyone and some?
200
Find the linking verb. The team was ready for a big win after three losses.
What is was?
200
He quickly decided to write his paper for English class.
What is quickly?
300
Identify the common nouns. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the world.
What is rivers and world?
300
Find the two adjectives. The runner was proud of setting a new record.
What is proud and new?
300
Find the two personal pronouns. Mrs. Wells always helps her son find his shoes.
What is her and his?
300
Find the action verb. The speaker wondered about the crowd's reaction to his political speech.
What is wondered?
300
Surely, my brother will be on time, but I hope he drives safe.
What is surely?
400
Identify the common and proper nouns. The Appalachian Trail extends through many states, but it starts in Maine and ends in Georgia.
What is states for a common noun? What is Appalachian Trail, Maine and Georgia for proper nouns?
400
Find the adjectives. Miss Simpson tried to catch the slippery ball for a third time, and then she was successful.
What is slippery, third and successful?
400
Find the two indefinite pronouns. Most of the teachers knew something about the fire drill.
What is most and something?
400
Find the linking verb. On Saturday, the weather turned much cooler after the heavy rain.
What is turned?
400
Find the adverb. She probably wanted to attend the dance, but her mother wouldn't let her.
What is probably?
500
Identify the common and proper nouns. We are lucky to live in North Carolina since our state has mountains, rivers and the Atlantic Ocean nearby.
What is state, mountains and rivers for common nouns? What is North Carolina and Atlantic ocean for proper nouns?
500
Find the adjectives. Irish setters, Golden retrievers and Cocker spaniels belong to the sporting group.
What is Irish, Golden, Cocker and sporting?
500
Find the pronouns. Did anybody have a clue about our secret flash mob this morning?
What is anybody and our?
500
Find the verbs and tell if they are linking or action verbs. 1. We stayed at the game for hours. 2. The child appears sick today.
1. What is stayed as the action verb? 2. What is appears as the linking verb?
500
Find the two adverbs. The players are always on time, and they do not usually miss the bus.
What is always and usually?