Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
Parts of speech
Parts of Speech
Greek/Latin Root words
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What is a pronoun? Give 3 examples.   


 


Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.

Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, themselves  

250

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

I went on a long run.  

noun

250

A word used to describe an action: 

a verb

250

A word used to describe or modify a noun:

an adjective

250

"Teacher" is what part of speech?

noun

250

This Greek or Latin root word is found in words relating to water.

aqua/hydra

300

What is a common noun? Give 3 examples. 


 


Definition: words for types of things, people, places, such as "dog" that are not in capital letters.

Examples kitten, chair, education

300

"He is talking to me right now."  

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

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

300

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

300

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

 

Examples: love, hate, country, English  

Nouns

300

"Purple" is what part of speech? 

adjective

300

This Greek or Latin root word is found in words relating to hearing and sound.

audio

350

Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence: 


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

Mr. Smith, Boise, Idaho

350

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

Interjections 

350

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

pronouns 

350

Which of these are conjunctions?

for, and, he, sneeze, but, or, so

for, and, but, or, so

350

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

true

350

This Greek or Latin root word is found in words relating to the legal system.

jus/jur/jud ~ jury/justice/judicial

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 

400

This Greek or Latin root word is found in words relating to dragging or pulling?

tract ~ tractor/traction/attract

450

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

an adverb 

450

Fix the following sentence.

she went to Dairy Queen to buy ice cream milk and bread

She went to Dairy Queen to buy ice cream, milk, and bread.

450

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

conjunctions

450

What does an adverb do?  Give one example.  

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


Examples: Quickly, quietly, easily, soon, often

450

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

Interjections 

450

This Latin root can be found in words related to carrying or bringing something/someone from one location to another.

port ~ transport/export/portable