Parts of Speech
A word that names a person, place, or thing.
Noun
Yesterday I ____ to school.
went
What is a full stop (period)?
This mark ends a sentence.
What is cold?
The opposite of hot.
What is reading?
acquire information from a book or text.
What is a verb?
A word that shows an action.
Right now I ____ my book
am reading
What is a question mark?
This mark is used when asking something.
synonym of large
big/huge
What is a theme
The main idea tells us what the text is mostly about
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
Tomorrow we ____ football
will play/are going
What is an exclamation mark?
This mark shows excitement.
What is a library?
– A place where you borrow or read books.
What is predicting?
When we guess what will happen next.
What is a pronoun?
A word that replaces a noun (he, she, it).
She ____ TV every day (watch)
Watches
What are quotation marks / speech marks?
These are used to show someone is speaking.
What is excited / joyful?
When you feel very happy.
What are context clues?
Clues in the text help us understand new words.
👉 What is an adverb?
A word that tells how an action happens (quickly).
They ____ dinner when I arrived (eat)
were eating
What is an apostrophe?
This mark shows belonging.
Synonym of joy
“rapid”.
What are characters?
The people in a story.