Nouns
What is the noun in this sentence?:
The seamstress sews.
seamstress
What is the verb in this sentence?:
The violets bloomed.
What is the adjective in this sentence?:
The grape juice spilled.
grape
What is the adverb in this sentence?:
The water circulates slowly.
slowly
words that name a person, place, thing, animal or idea
Nouns
What is the noun in this sentence?:
An artist paints.
What is the verb in this sentence?:
The children apologized.
apologized
What is the adjective in this sentence?:
Clever collies herd sheep.
clever
What is the adverb in this sentence?:
The steel crane swung overhead.
overhead
words that show actions or states of being
Verbs
What are the nouns in this sentence?:
Reports tell the news.
reports and news
What is the verb in this sentence?:
The farmer worked the land.
worked
What is the adjective in this sentence?:
Patrick tied a double knot.
double
What is the adverb in this sentence?:
The child washed the dishes neatly.
neatly
words that tell more about a noun; answers the questions which? what kind of? how many? how much?
Adjectives
What are the nouns in this sentence?:
Billy poured the juice.
What is the verb in this sentence?:
The hunter woke before dawn.
woke
What are the adjectives in this sentence?
The young campers explored the winding trail.
young and winding
What is the adverb in this sentence?:
The clumsy boy tripped constantly.
constantly
words that tell about verbs, adjectives or other adverbs; answer the questions when? where? why? how? to what extent?
*these words often end in "ly"
Adverbs
What are the nouns in this sentence?:
The officer stopped the car.
officer and car
What is the verb in this sentence?:
The commander was ready to fight.
was
What are the adjectives in this sentence?:
Mary bought the beautiful, old, antique clock.
beautiful, old and antique
What is the adverb in this sentence?:
The black birds fly south.
south
words that signal nouns in a sentence; there are only 3: a, an, the
Articles