Nouns
What is a noun?
Answer: A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a verb?
Answer: A word that shows action or state of being
What is an adjective?
Answer: A word that describes a noun
What is an adverb?
Answer: A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
What part of speech is “fast” in: “He is a fast runner”?
Answer: adjective
Which word is the noun:“The dog barked loudly”?
Answer: dog
Which word is the verb: “He runs every morning”?
Answer: runs
Find the adjective: “The red car sped by.”
Answer: red
Find the adverb: “He ran quickly.”
Answer: quickly
What part of speech is “fast” in: “He runs fast”?
Answer: adverb
Name a proper noun in this sentence: “Sarah went to Paris.”
Answer: Sarah or Paris
What is the helping verb in this sentence: “She is eating dinner”?
Answer: is
Which adjective tells how many? “She has three dogs.”
Answer: three
What question does the adverb answer: “She sings beautifully”?
Answer: How?
What part of speech is “and”?
Answer: conjunction
Conjunctions are words that join together other words or groups of words.
Identify the abstract noun: “Her bravery was admired.”(Hint: abstract nouns cannot be recognized using the 5 senses)
Answer: bravery
Change this verb to past tense: “jump”.
Answer: jumped
Add an adjective to this sentence: “The _______ mountain was visible.”
Example answer: tall, snowy, etc.
Identify the adverb and the verb it modifies: “They arrived early.”
Answer: early modifies arrived
What part of speech is “Wow!”?
Answer: interjection
An interjection is: an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.
How many nouns are in this sentence: “The teacher gave the student a pencil”?
Answer: 3 – teacher, student, pencil
Identify the linking verb: “She felt tired after practice.”
Answer: felt – linking verb
Identify all adjectives: “The small, fluffy kitten purred.”
Answer: small, fluffy
True or False: All adverbs end in -ly.
Answer: False
What part of speech is “under” in “The cat is under the table”?
Answer: preposition
A preposition is a short word, like "on," "in," or "at," that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence, usually telling us about time, location, or direction.