Parts of Speech
Person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
Find the nouns in this sentence:
The man ran in the race.
Man, race
The man ran in the race.
Find the verb (action) in this sentence:
The man ran in the race.
Ran
The man ran in the race.
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The man ran in the race.
A word that describes man!
ex: The tall man ran in the race.
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The man ran in the race.
A word that describes ran!
ex: The man ran quickly in the race.
Action word
Verb
Find the nouns in this sentence:
The dog chased the cat.
dog, cat
The dog chased the cat.
Find the verb (action) in the sentence:
The dog chased the cat.
chased
The dog chased the cat.
Add an adjective to this sentence:
The dog chased the cat.
A word that describes dog or cat!
ex: The brown dog chased the small cat.
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The dog chased the cat.
A word that describes "chased"!
ex: The dog crazily chased the cat.
Word that describes a noun (ex: size, shape, color)
Adjective
Find the nouns in the sentence:
My brother ate all of the cookies!
brother, cookies
My brother ate all of the cookies!
Find the verb (action) in the sentence:
My brother ate all of the cookies.
ate
My brother ate all of the cookies.
Add an adjective to this sentence:
My brother ate all of the cookies.
A word that describes brother or cookies!
ex: My little brother ate all of the delicious cookies.
Add an adverb to this sentence:
My brother ate all of the cookies!
A word that describes "ate"!
ex: My brother accidentally ate all of the cookies!
Word that describes a verb (ex: quickly, loudly)
Adverb
Find the nouns in this sentence:
My dog is barking again.
dog
My dog is barking again.
Find the verb (action) in the sentence:
My dog is barking again.
barking
My dog is barking again.
Add an adjective to this sentence:
My dog is barking again.
A word that describes dog!
ex: My silly dog is barking again.
Add an adverb to this sentence:
My dog is barking again.
A word that describes "barking"
ex: My dog is noisily barking again.