Nouns
What is the definition of a noun?
A person, place, or thing
What is the definition of an action verb?
A verb is a word that shows action.
What is the definition of an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes, or modifies, a noun.
What is the definition of a subject?
A subject is the "who" or "what" of a sentence.
The ice-cream was freezing cold!
It is a noun.
What is the noun in this sentence?
The elephant is huge!
elephant
What is the action verb in the sentence below?
The squirrel ran quickly up the tree.
ran
What is the adjective in the sentence below?
My sister put on her fluffy jacket.
fluffy
What is the definition of a predicate?
A predicate tells about the subject: what the subject is doing, or what is happening to the subject.
The black cat chased the large white dog around the yard.
They are adjectives.
What are the nouns in this sentence?
The little girl rode her bike down the street.
girl, bike, street
Can you find the action verbs in the sentence below?
My brother eats a hamburger and drinks soda every Friday night.
eats, drinks
What are the two adjectives in the sentence below?
I used my pink marker to create my beautiful picture.
pink, beautiful
Is the underlined part of the sentence the subject or the predicate?
The teacher gave her students a lot of homework.
It is the subject.
Find the verbs in the sentence below.
The baseball player practiced pitching and hitting the ball.
The verbs are practiced, pitching, and hitting.
Are all of the underlined words in this sentence nouns?
The red car had four flat tires!
No, four is not a noun.
Are all of the underlined words action verbs?
The bird flew high in the sky while flapping its wings.
No, sky is not a verb.
The blue blanket had tiny stars on the front of it and large stripes on the back of it.
blue, tiny, large
Is the underlined part of the sentence the subject or the predicate?
My horse loves to run in an open field.
It is the predicate.
Identify the subject and the predicate in the sentence below.
I like to read adventure stories.
Subject: I
Predicate: like to read adventure stories.
How many nouns are in this sentence? And what are they?
The boy bounced the round ball on the wooden floor.
boy, ball, floor
How many action verbs are in this sentence and what are they?
The cat ran around the house, climbed on the sofa, and scratched the pillows.
There are three verbs: ran, climbed, scratched
Find the adjectives in the sentence below, and say the nouns that they describe/modify.
The white duck swam with her tiny ducklings in the cold river.
white describes duck
tiny describes ducklings
cold describes river
The students earned extra recess for having good behavior.
Subject: The students
Predicate: earned extra recess for having good behavior
Identify the nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the sentence below.
The large bear swam in the cold river to catch the tasty fish.
nouns: bear, river, fish
verbs: swam, catch
adjectives: large, cold, tasty