True or False
JUMP is a verb
True!
Define a Noun, Verb, and Adjective
Noun: person, place, or thing
Verb: action word
Adjective: describing word
How many syllables are in this word?
Telephone
3 syllables: tel-e-phone
What is the verb?
My friend sings loudly.
Sings
Noun, Verb, or Adjective?
Bottle, door, Walter, book, tooth, mustard
Nouns
What is an adjective? Give an example for bonus points :)
A describing word. Ex. The black dog runs. Adjective: black
Which of the following words has four syllables?
a. Computer
b. Dinosaur
c. Personality
d. Invisible
d. Invisible: in-vis-i-ble
Nouns, Verbs, or Adjectives?
funny, happy, yellow, enormous, smelly, chunky, orange.
Adjective
A brown mouse.
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Which of the following is the definition of an adjective?
a. a person, place, thing, or idea
b. an idea or a concept
c. a descriptive word
d. an action word
c. a descriptive word
Split this word up by syllables: Caterpillar
Example: the word "disobedient" is split up like this: Dis-o-be-di-ent
Cat-er-pil-lar
How many adjectives are in this sentence and what are they?
The yellow and orange cat pounces on the small mouse.
1. yellow 2. orange 3. small
How many nouns are in this sentence and what are they?
The small school was in Buffalo
2: "school" and "Buffalo"
There are 3 verbs in this sentence:
"Brian jumped out of bed and ran to his yellow bus"
False
"Brian jumped out of bed and ran to his yellow bus"
Which sentence does NOT contain a verb?
a. the brown dog sat on the drive way
b. the boy sang a beautiful song
c. the bird is on the window
d. a cat jumped onto a chair
c. the bird is on the window
How many syllables are in each word?
1. Flexibility
2. Cauliflower
3. Thermometer
Flexibility: 5 flex-i-bil-i-ty
Cauliflower: 4 cau-li-flow-er
Dictionary: 4 ther-mom-e-ter
How many verbs are in this sentence and what are they?
When my teacher yells, I run away.
There are 2 verbs
1. yells 2. run
Identify the NOUNS and ADJECTIVES
Ava likes when her large pizza is hot and cheesy.
Adjectives: 1. large 2. hot 3. cheesy
Nouns: 1. Ava 2. pizza
Colors are nouns and adjectives
true! A name of a color is a proper noun, and a color can be used as an adjective to describe another noun!
Example: the yellow duck.
What is a syllable?
a basic, unbroken sound unit within a word, containing one vowel sound
Break these words up into their syllables:
1. Personality
2. Information
Example: the word "disobedient" is split up like this: Dis-o-be-di-ent
1. Per-son-al-i-ty
2. In-for-ma-tion
Identify whether the underlined words are nouns, verbs, and adjectives
The small dog jumped around while the girl watched happily.
Nouns: girl, dog
verbs: jumped, watched
adjectives: small, happily
Name the nouns, verbs, adjectives in this sentence: Todd runs to the store and buys a green pepper and some chewy, gray mushrooms.
HINT: Split your board into three sections (noun, verb, adjective) and write your words in those sections!
Nouns: 1. Todd 2. store 3. pepper 4. mushrooms
Verbs: 1. runs 2. buys
Adjectives: 1. green 2. chewy 3. gray