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What's My Role?
How Can I Describe This?
Gotta Know the Rules...
To Break the Rules
I Need Some I.D.
100
Ugh! If Caveman doesn't want to sound like Caveman in front of Caveman's friends, Caveman can use me to replace or refer to a noun.
Pronoun
100
I only describe nouns. No other parts of speech allowed!
An adjective.
100
Fill in the blanks: A prepositional phrase begins with ________, ends with a _________ or ___________, and NEVER has a ________
Preposition, noun or pronoun, verb.
100
What is the student's mistake in this sentence: "The boy like to read the book."
The student put a singular noun with a plural verb. The subject does not agree with the verb.
100
I try hard to remember if I saw him once the action started. Identify: "try", "I", and "action"
Try = action verb I = pronoun action = noun
200
Lost? Don't worry! I can link nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence, usually telling you where it is and how long something has been happening!
Preposition
200
I like describing just about everyone: verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and adverbs
Adverb
200
Which part of speech is always followed by an exclamation point or a comma?
An interjection
200
The student put all of the prepositional phrases in parentheses: "Every day (after school), Ms. Kessen likes (to run) (by the river), because the road is flat and it's harder for her to fall (down on her face)."
"To run" is an infinitive phrase. "Down" is an adverb modifying "fall."
200
Fear shoots through me, but I have enough sense to keep still. Identify: "through", "but", "enough", and "keep"
Through = Preposition But = Conjunction Enough = Adverb Keep = Verb
300
I can keep you on the go all day! I am a word that expresses an action or state of being.
Verb
300
What three questions do adjectives answer about nouns?
What kind of? How much of? Which one?
300
What is special about proper nouns?
They name a specific person, place, or thing and must always be capitalized.
300
"Our English class studied hard and did well on the parts of speech test." The student labeled the following: Our = Pronoun Did = Verb Well = Adjective Of = Pronoun On = Preposition
"Well" should be an adverb. "Of" should be a preposition.
300
He thrusts a spear into the hands of the boy from District 3, and they head off in the direction of the fire. Identify: "spear", "of", "District 3', "head", "off"
Spear = Noun Of = Preposition District 3 = Noun Head = Verb Off = Adverb
400
Hey! Listen! I am a word that shows an exclamation, protest, or command at the beginning of a sentence!
Interjection
400
Are "four" and "quickly" adjectives or adverbs and what are they modifying? "The four tributes quickly ran for their lives."
Four is an adjective modifying "tributes." "Quickly" is an adverb modifying "ran."
400
What is subject-verb agreement?
When you have a singular noun, you have a singular verb. When you have a plural noun, you have a plural verb.
400
A student wrote the following sentence: "I usually like ice cream, I want cake today."
The student needs a conjunction between the clauses. ("I usually like ice cream, but I want cake today.")
400
The sky goes black and I hear a chorus of frogs begin to sing. Identify: "sky", "goes", "black", "and", "I", "of", "begin"
Sky = Noun Goes = Linking Verb Black = Adjective And = Conjunction I = Pronoun Of = Preposition Begin = Action Verb
500
You'll sound great with me, because I connect words, phrases, and clauses together.
Conjunction
500
Identify all the adjectives and adverbs in the sentence and say what they modify: "The sick boy ran very quickly and fell down on the prickly pear."
"Sick" is an adjective modifying "boy." "Very" is an adverb modifying "quickly." "Quickly is an adverb modifying "ran." "Down" is an adverb modifying "fell." "Prickly" is an adjective modifying "pear."
500
When do you put a comma in front of a conjunction? (There are two rules for this.)
When it connects two clauses that could stand alone as sentences or when it comes before the last word in a series.
500
"When President Snow visited Katniss, he threatened to kill her whole family and friends." To = Preposition Her = Pronoun Whole = Adverb President Snow = Noun And = Interjection Friends = Pronoun
"To" is part of an infinitive "Whole" is an adjective "And" is a conjunction "Friends" is a noun
500
"No, you can't kill yourself," I say. I'm on my knees, desperately plastering the bandage back onto his wound. Identify: "No", "yourself", "say", "on", "knees", "desperately", "back", "onto", "his"
No = Interjection Yourself = Pronoun Say = Verb On = Preposition Knees = Noun Desperately = Adverb Back = Adverb Onto = Preposition His = Pronoun