Nouns and Pronouns
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
What kind of verb is used in the following sentence:
Taylor ran three miles every day.
What is an action verb?
Adjectives answer these three questions.
What are which one, what kind, or how many?
This part of speech always begins a phrase ending in a noun or pronoun. It usually tells where or when. It includes words such as under, above, below, to, for, after, on, over, beneath, and beside as just a few examples.
What is a preposition?
Identify the part of speech in the italicized word:
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Elinor Roosevelt
What is a verb?
I, you, me, they, them, us, we, everyone, each, and many others are called this.
What are pronouns?
Verbs that are the form of "to be", such as is, are, was, and were are called this.
What are linking verbs?
These words answer the following questions:
*To what extent * where
* how * when
What are adverbs?
These words join things together together in a sentence. Sometimes, they are referred to as FAN BOYS.
What are conjunctions?
Identify the part of speech of the word in italics:
My favorite day of the week is Friday.
What is a proper noun?
Nouns that name something and are capitalized are more specifically called this.
What is a proper noun?
If word such as have or had joins another verb to make a verb phrase, it is called this.
What is a helping verb?
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence:
This friendly, fluffy, drooling dog is Jon's best friend.
What are friendly, fluffy, drooling, and best?
Identify the preposition in the following sentence:
I hid my wallet beneath the car seat.
What is beneath?
Identify the part of speech of the word in italics:
Jimmy is getting coal for Christmas.
What is a preposition?
Identify the SUBJECT noun in the following sentence:
Under the sunlit sky, the wild horses frolicked in the mountain stream.
What is horses?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence:
Although Jason won his wrestling match yesterday, he feels unprepared for tomorrow's tournament.
What is feels?
Identify the adverbs in the following sentence:
That friendly, fluffy dog stinks very badly and needs to be bathed today.
What are very, badly, and today?
What is the part of speech of the word in italics in this warning?
Stop! Do not enter this roadway when it's flooded.
What is an interjection?
Identify the part of speech of the word in italics:
Schools are open for now, but the pandemic might cause them to shut down again.
What is a linking verb?
Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:
The car we are riding in lost its hubcap on the drive to San Deigo.
What is its?
Identify ALL verbs (action, linking, and helping) in the following sentence:
Lily bought all three video games on her gift list, but she is running behind on her Christmas shopping and might not finish in time.
What are bought, is running, and might finish? (not is an adverb)
Identify the part of speech for the word that is in italics:
It is very possible that it will rain today.
What is an adverb?
What TWO parts of speech are the italicized words in the following:
I will make cookies for my family and friends.
What are prepositions and conjunctions?
My mother was very angry when she saw the mess in the kitchen.
What is an adjective?