Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Parts of speech
Parts of Speech
100

What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.  

Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.

Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, themselves  

100

"Run" is what part of speech in this sentence? 

I went on a long run.  

noun

100

A word used to describe an action: 

a verb

100

A word used to describe or modify a noun:

an adjective

100

"Teacher" is what part of speech?

noun

200

What is a noun? 

Definition: words for types of things, people, places, animals, or ideas


200

"He is talking to me right now."  

What part of speech is the word, "is?"

A helping verb which "helps" the word 'talking'.

200

A name of a particular person or place. Give 2 examples.  

Proper Noun Definition: A name of a particular person or place.

Mr. Smith, Superman, Susie

200

What is the name of living beings, places, things, or ideas?

Examples: love, hate, country, English  

Nouns

200

"Purple" is what part of speech? 

adjective

300

Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence: 

Mr. Smith lives in Boise, Idaho with his family.   

Mr. Smith, Boise, Idaho

300

What part of speech is about strong expressions of feelings? Wow!

Interjections 

300

Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?

pronouns 

300

What is the acronym we use for conjunctions?

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

FANBOYS

300

True or false: In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have a noun and a verb. 

true

400

Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:

We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library. 

so, and

400

Identify the adjective in the sentence: 

They live in the beautiful house down the street.

beautiful

400

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: 

I want to eat pizza or burgers at that restaurant.   

or

400

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: 

Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways. 

but

400

Which part of speech replaces nouns to help with repetition?

pronouns 

500

He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...

an adverb 

500

The, a, and an are all examples of...
Which one is the definite article and why?

articles 

"The" because it is talking about a particular thing.  

500

Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?

conjunctions

500

What does an adverb do?  Give one example.  

Definition: Modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. 


Examples: Quickly, quietly, easily, soon, often

500

Aha! Gosh! Wow! Ouch! ...are all examples of what? 

Interjections