Nouns & Pronouns
What is a COMMON noun?
A person, place, or thing
What TWO things does a complete sentence need?
A subject and a predicate
What is a verb?
An action
What does an adjective do?
Describes a noun
What is a preposition? Give an example of one
A little word that specifies location
ex. in, behind, above, with
What is a PROPER noun?
A specific person, place, or thing
What is a subject?
Who or what the sentence is about
What is a helping verb?
They do not show action and come BEFORE an action verb
What does an adverb do?
Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
What is a conjunction? Give an example
A conjunction connects words, phrases, and clauses
ex. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is the pronoun in the following sentence?
The girl ran as fast as she could to escape the wild animal.
she
What is the predicate?
What the subject is doing
What is a linking verb?
Does not show action and comes BEFORE a noun or adjective
What are ALL the adjectives in the following sentence?
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
terrible, horrible, no good, very bad
What three words are articles?
a, an, the
What are ALL of the PROPER nouns in the following sentence?
On my vacation to Branson I went to Dixie Stampede, Silver Dollar City, The Promised Land Zoo, and Hurts Donuts.
What is the SUBJECT of the following sentence?
Mrs. DiFabio went to Springfield to see her brothers.
Mrs. DiFabio
What is the verb in the sentence and what type of verb is it?
The dog ran fast around the park.
Ran-action verb
What is the adverb in the following sentence?
She walked quickly down the hallway.
quickly
Label the parts of speech in the following sentence:
These shells came from a beach in Maine.
Pronoun: these
Common Noun: shells, beach
Verb: came
Preposition: from, in
Article: a
Proper Noun: Maine
What are ALL of the COMMON nouns in the following sentence?
After school my friends and I went to the park and saw a dog.
School, friends, park, dog
What is the PREDICATE of the following sentence?
Mrs. DiFabio went to Springfield to see her brothers.
went to Springfield to see her brothers
What is the verb in the sentence and what kind of verb is it?
She can ride her sister's bike.
can-helping
ride-action
What are the adverbs & adjectives in the following sentence?
The big, black crow squawks loudly.
adjectives: big, black
adverbs: loudly
Label the parts of speech in the following sentence:
My plane was perfect, and it flew like nothing could stop it.
Pronoun: my, it
Common Noun: plane, nothing
Action Verb: flew, stop
Linking Verb: was
Adjective: perfect, like
Conjunction: and
Adverb: could