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A person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
What part of speech describes or modifies nouns?
Adjectives
Words used in place of nouns.
Pronouns
Words that express actions or state of being.
Verbs
A word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Adverb
That is a creepy castle.
The word Creepy is an adjective. It is modifying the noun in this sentence. What is the noun?
castle
I can't believe I saw a little, blue Smurf!
Identify the adjectives in this sentence.
little and blue
These are examples of what part of speech?
He, she, they, them, it, and we.
Pronouns
These are words placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence.
By, with, until, about . . .
Prepositions
83.9%
of the time these end in -ly
Adverbs
These are examples of what kinds of noun?
People’s Names
Names of Places
Proper Nouns
Give three examples of adjectives that could modify this noun:
Zombie
Examples may vary:
green, gross, dead, scary, smelly
Fill in the blank using pronouns:
_______ went into the school as a group that night, but they didn't plan on the principal catching _______.
Moral of the story: ______ should be sneaky if you plan on breaking into the school at night!
1. They
2. them
3. You
Identify the verbs in this sentence:
I will call you!
will
This show a state of being.
During the basketball game, number 20 clumsily tripped.
Identify the adverb that is modifying the verb in this sentence.
clumsily
In the Olympics, the giant flag flies during opening ceremonies.
Identity both the adjective modifying the noun and the noun being modified in the sentence above.
Adjective: giant
Noun: flag
Identify the adjectives in this sentence:
In the white castle, there are giant statues of tiny horses.
1. white
2. giant
3. tiny
Write a sentence that uses at least 2 pronouns correctly.
He went to the store for me.
They ran away from her.
Answers may vary.
Identify the verbs in each sentence:
I am tired.
They are late.
She is hungry.
I AM tired. (you exist in a state of tiredness)
They ARE late. (they exist in a state of lateness)
She IS hungry. (she exists in a state of hunger)
My English teacher is incredibly patient.
In this sentence the adverb is modifying a word that is what part of speech?
Incredibly is modifying patient which is an adjective.
Magic, love, friendship, evil, kindness, ect...
Fill in the blanks with an adjective that modifies each of the nouns.
The __________ car ran into the _________ tree.
1. red, big, small, ect.
2. big, tall, green, small, ect.
If the brown dog keeps chasing the scared runner, the runner will happily drive from now on.
There are two nouns and one verb being modified in this sentence. What are they?
1. dog
2. runner
3. drive
Identify both the verb being modified by the adverb and the adverb doing the modifying in the sentences below:
The driver was lazily weaving in and out of traffic.
The runner frantically dodged the biker on the trail.
1. lazily is the adverb weaving is the verb
2. frantically is the adverb dodged is the verb
What word is being modified by the adverb in each of these sentences?
He went straight home.
On your way home, please drive slowly.
1. went
2. drive