Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

100

A person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun?

200

An action... You can DO it!

What is a verb?

300

Describes nouns and pronouns.

What is an adjective?

400

These are words that describe verbs

What is an adverb?

500

A sentence that begins with this part of speech cannot stand by itself

What is a conjunction?

Parts of Speech

100

Takes the place of a noun.

What is a pronoun?

200

These words are used to separate two other words or phrases: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

What are conjunctions?

300

physical actions (ex:to write, to swim), mental action (ex:to think, to guess), state of being (ex:to be happy)

What are verbs?

400

This is the job of an interjection...

a word that stands by itself and shows emotion

500

This is the job of a preposition...

To describe where a noun is in relationship to another noun

Parts of Speech Examples

100

pretty, silly, smart, blue, cold, hard, wooden, smooth

What are adjectives?

200

boy, pencil, school, McDonald's, book, teacher

What are nouns?

300

devious, stingy, greedy, selfish, admirable

What are adjectives?

400

on, through, between, beside, to, from, down

What are prepositions?

500

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

What are conjunctions?

Sentences

100

What is the preposition in the following sentence: Plants were the first living things on earth.

What is on?

200

What is the adjective in the sentence below: The strong athlete helped his team win the game.

What is strong?

300

What is the noun in the following sentence: My dad loves to read.

What is dad?

400

What is the pronoun in the sentence below: All of them were absent from school today.

What is them?

500

What is the conjunction in the sentence below: I want to play outside today, but it is raining.

What is but?

Sentences

100

What is the noun in the sentence below: My mom took me to Mcdonalds today to get brown ice cream.

What is mom or ice cream

200

What is the adjective in the sentence below: You are an amazing student!

What is amazing?

300

What is the verb in this sentence? Ms. Evans is going to bring everyone in the class a special treat if they are all good!

What is to bring

400

What is the verb in the following sentence: Those who choose to be happy are those who choose to live happy.

What is to be or to live

500

What is the adjective in the sentence below: I went to summer camp last year.

What is summer?