Nouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
Past, present, or future?
Armando loved to read mystery books.
Loved is in the past tense.
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: Plainfield Central High School is big and scary for new students.
The adjectives are big, scary, and new.
Carlos was misbehaving during geometry class; he was bothering Mrs. Seeberg.
What is the pronoun?
He is the pronoun.
Wow! I cannot believe I won the hamburger eating competition.
What part of speech is Wow?
Wow is an interjection.
True or False: If you can see it, it is a noun.
This is a true statement.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! You just earned 200 points!!
Way to go!
What is an adjective?
Adjectives describe nouns.
Identify the antecedent in this sentence.
The family moved to the United States last year, and they are glad they did.
The antecedent is family.
What are possible conjunctions to use in the following sentence?
I went ice-skating, ______ Khalid went snowboarding.
-I went ice-skating, BUT Khalid went snowboarding.
-I went ice-skating, AND Khalid went snowboarding.
-I went ice-skating, YET Khalid went snowboarding.
Common or Proper Noun? How do you know?
store
Table is a common noun because it is not a specific store.
Simple past or continuous past verb?
The spiders were crawling all over the tree.
continuous past verb-were crawling
Form adjectives from the following nouns:
possible answers
1. watery
2. icy
3. syrupy
Personal or Possessive Pronoun?
My ESL homework is incredibly interesting!
My is a possessive pronoun.
Identify the adverb
She spoke softly to her sweet sister so her annoying brother would not hear the exciting news.
The adverb is softly.
Identify the nouns in the following sentence.
Mrs. Seeberg loves to read on her Kindle because books take up a lot of her shelves.
Mrs. Seeberg
Kindle
books
shelves
took, jumped, swam, asked, laughed, went, and built
The irregular verbs are took, swam, went, and built.
Complete the following with adjectives.
The ______ airplane was on the _________runway because its _________ engine need to be repaired.
Possible answers
large airplane
long runway
old engine
Identify all the pronouns.
The girls went into the classroom to see their teacher. However, they were loud and rude. Their teacher, Mrs. Seeberg, was not happy. In fact, she was angry.
their, they, their, she
What is the acronym that helps us to remember conjunctions? Fully explain the acronym.
FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Give 3 examples of nouns that are ideas.
Possible answers
happiness, hunger, anger, kindness, love, friendship
Jump is present tense. Put jump in the past and future tense.
Jumped, will jump
How many adjectives are in the following sentence? Identify them
The fluffy dog ran after the small, scared mouse during a terrible storm.
List all the personal pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
What are possible conjunctions to use in the following sentence?
Do you want to watch the Chicago Bears game _________ the New England Patriots?
Do you want to watch the Chicago Bears game OR the New England Patriots?
Do you want to watch the Chicago Bears game AND the New England Patriots?