Parts of Speech I
This is a general word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a common noun?
This type of verb shows what someone or something is doing.
What is an action verb?
These words describe nouns and answer "how many?"
What is a quantitative adjective?
What is Mr. Fabian's first name?
Who is Peter?
What room number is Mr. Marrero's class?
What is 301?
This type of noun refers to a specific person, place, or organization and is always capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
This verb connects the subject to a condition or description, like "is" in the sentence, "She is tall.
What is a linking verb?
These words describe nouns and answer "what kind?" or "which one?"
What is a descriptive adjective?
What is Mr. Marrero's first name?
Who is Fernand?
Identify the proper nouns in this sentence: "Maria went to New York City last summer."
What is Maria and New York City?
Identify the linking verb: "The soup smells delicious."
What is smells?
Identify the descriptive adjectives in this sentence: "The overweight man cried while sitting on his leather couch with his supportive wife."
What are overweight, leather, and supportive?
What are Mr. Marrero's favorite type of cookies?
What are oatmeal cookies?
This type of word can replace a common or proper noun in a sentence, like "he" instead of "John."
What is a pronoun?
Find all the adverbs: "The student answered the question very quickly and spoke clearly."
What are "very," "quickly," and "clearly?"
Identify all the prepositions in this sentence: "The cat hid under the table but peeked out from behind the chair."
What are "under," "out," "from," and "behind"?
When is January 29?
Identify all the common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns in this sentence:
"Sarah gave her dog a treat, and he wagged his tail in excitement."
What are Sarah (proper noun), dog and treat (common nouns), her, he, his (pronouns)
Name all the verbs (action or linking) in this sentence: "He seems tired because he worked all night."
What are seems and worked?
Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence: "After the game, the team celebrated at the restaurant."
What are "After the game" and "at the restaurant"?
How many tattoos does Mr. Marrero have?
What are five tattoos?