Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Pronouns
Adverbs
100
What is a noun? (hint: 4)
Give an example of each starting with the letter....................
person, place, thing, or idea
100
What does an adjective do? (Definition)
Describes a noun/pronoun.
100
Name the verb/verbs.
I told a joke to my friends and they laughed.
told- action verb
laughed- action verb
100
What does a pronoun do?
It replaces a noun.
100
What parts of speech might an adverb describe?
verb, adjective, or another adverb
200
Mrs. Bohlmann's dog's name is Otis.
Name the proper noun(s)
Mrs. Bohlmann, Otis
200
Name the Adjective(s)
My black, furry dog barked at me when he was hungry.
white, furry, hungry
200
What is an action verb? Definition. Example.
What is a linking verb? Definition. Example.
Something you can physically/mentally do *Multiple Answers*
Connects the subject to the predicate/rest of the sentence *Multiple Answers*
200
Name the pronouns in this sentence:
She didn't think that it would be a good idea to eat all of that Halloween candy before dinner.
She, it,
200
What two letters often come at the end of an adverb?
L-Y
300
Jeopardy is a game that we play on Friday.
Name the Noun(s)
Jeopardy, game, Friday
300
Name the Adjective(s):
Fans spin and make the room cold.
cold
300
What is the verb/verbs in the sentence?
The phone rang and my mom answered it.
rang- action
answered- action
300
Replace the nouns with an appropriate pronoun:
Mrs. Bohlmann asked her class if the class was going to go trick-or-treating with the monster.
SHE asked THEM if THEY were going to go trick-or-treating with THEM.
300
Name the adverb(s) in this sentence:
Herbert quickly ran away from the ghost as he shrilly screamed for help.
quickly, shrilly
400
Ms. Hannula and Mrs. Bohlmann miss all of our students.
Name the Noun(s).
Which are proper nouns?
Ms. Hannula, Mrs. Bohlmann, students
400
The hot chips were on sale at Walmart.
Name the Adjective(s)
hot
400
Find the verb(s)
Dr. Jekyll felt strange when he drank his concoction.
felt
400
Find the pronoun(s):
This is a movie about Count Dracula and his victims.
This, his
400
Is "scariest" an adjective or an adverb in this sentence?
Halloween is the scariest holiday of the year (if you don't count Mrs. Bohlmann's birthday).
adjective
500
Identify the nouns
We drove the car onto the highway.
car, highway
500
Name the Adjective(s)
We drove in the yellow car onto the dangerous highway.
yellow, dangerous
500
Name the Verb(s)
We drove the car and jumped the track.
drove, jumped
500
Use pronouns in place of the nouns:
Bob hit Joe so hard that Bob thought Bob had broken Joe's jaw.
HE hit HIM so hard that HE thought HE had broken HIS jaw (or IT).
See what happens when there are TOO MANY pronouns. It gets confusing!
500
Adjective or adverb: Farther
Ghouls can jump FARTHER than goblins can
(What is it describing?)
Adverb
600
Identify the nouns
The weather channel says that we will have snow on Christmas.
channel, snow, Christmas
600
Name the Adjective(s)
I lit the blue candle and the bubbly wax burned.
blue, bubbly
600
Name the Verb(s)
I lit the candle and sent smoke signals to my friend.
lit, sent
600
Find the pronoun(s):
Did you leave my wand on the desk?
you, my
600
Name the adverb(s):
The ghostbuster immediately replayed the footage of the super creepy haunting.
immediately, super
700
What is a proper noun? Give an example starting with the letter D.
names a particular/specific/certain person, place, thing, or an idea
700
Name the Adjective(s)
My red and blue socks warm my tiny feet in the yellow bus.
my, red, blue, tiny, yellow
700
Name the Verb(s)
fast, polish, robot, quiet, squat, is, medal, delicious, plum
polish, squat, is
700
Find the pronoun(s):
Dr. Jekyl created Mr. Hyde by himself when he drank the potion.
himself, he
700
Name the adverb(s):
Ygor dutifully performs many disgusting tasks daily.
disgusting, daily
800
How do you know a word is a proper noun? What TWO clues tell you a word is a proper noun?
capital letter and the name of a specific person, place, or thing
800
Name the Adjective(s)
There are seven green books in a big pile on my pink bed.
seven, green, big, my, pink
800
What three types of verbs are there?
action, linking, helping/auxiliary
800
Find the pronoun(s):
Here comes my broom, but where is yours?
my, yours
800
Name the adverb(s):
Wait for us outside in the cemetery.
outside
900
Define a common noun and give 3 examples starting with the letter.....
names a person, place, thing, or an idea
900
Give three adjectives for the item in the picture.
*Multiple Answers*
900
What are the two types of action verbs?
transitive (takes a direct object)
intransitive (does not take a direct object)
900
Find the pronoun(s):
You and I will work together, and we will do a great job stabbing Dracula with that stake.
you, I, we
900
Name the adverb(s):
Edgar Allan Poe is a very popular author of ghost stories.
very
What does it modify?