Parts of Speech
John is going to Optus Stadium. What is Optus Stadium?
PROPER NOUN
A person, place, thing, quality or idea.
NOUN
Always begins with a capital letter.
PROPER NOUN
It shows a pause, sometimes between two sentences, with a conjunction
COMMA ;
He, she, it, them are all _____________.
PRONOUN
Terri is going to the mall. What is to?
PREPOSITION
Modifies or describes a noun?
ADJECTIVE
On, off, up, down, in and out are all _______________.
PREPOSITIONS
Chris was the imposter. What tense is 'was'?
PAST TENSE
Laugh, sing, dance, joke are all _______________.
VERBS
Maddy did some mad skids with her new BMX bike. What is mad?
ADJECTIVE
An action word.
VERB
The things I need to do before the end of the week, are: go on Instagram, complain to my teacher, whine about school.
What is : ?
COLON
Rick gave Terri an expensive ring. What is expensive in this sentence?
ADJECTIVE
When he dropped his drink the glass rapidly shattered. What is rapidly?
ADVERB
Uh, oh... Maddy did a 360 on her bike and things didn't end very well...
What is ... ?
ELLIPSIS
Takes the place of a noun.
PRONOUN
A group of words that contain a subject and a verb.
CLAUSE
Jason gave John an old bumbag. What is bumbag in this sentence?
NOUN
For, nor, but and are all ______________.
CONJUNCTION
John is waiting at the bus stop for Maddy. What is the?
ARTICLE
Answers the questions when, where, to what degree?
ADVERB
JJ sent Christmas cards to his friends in Hendersonville. What is Christmas in this sentence?
What is an adjective
Taneah gave Julie a strawberry flavored ring pop.
What is gave in this sentence?
"Woohoo! I got a new Xbox." exclaimed, James.
What is ! in this sentence?
INTERJECTION