Parts of Speech
Takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
pretty, silly, smart, blue, cold, hard, wooden, smooth
What are adjectives?
What is ONE noun in the following sentence:
Plants were the first living things on earth.
What is plants, things, earth
What is the PROPER noun in the sentence below: My mom took me to Mcdonalds today to get brown ice cream.
What is Mcdonalds?
These words are used to separate two other words or phrases: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are conjunctions?
boy, pencil, school, McDonald's, book, teacher
What are nouns?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: The strong athlete helped his team win the game.
What is strong?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: You are an amazing student!
What is amazing?
These words are used to show extreme emotion. They can stand alone as a one-word sentence: Wow! Eek! Yikes!
What are interjections?
Wow! Yikes! Eek! Dang!
What are interjections?
What is the noun in the following sentence: My dad loves to read.
What is dad or read?
What is the interjection in the sentence below: Oops! I forgot to do my homework last night.
What is oops!
Write ONE example of an adjective (a word that describes a noun)
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Examples: pretty, four, soft
This is a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing
What is Proper Noun?
run, jumped, swam, bites, eats
What are verbs?
What is the pronoun in the sentence below: She was absent from school today.
What is she?
What is the adverb in the sentence below: After running the race, I could barely move.
What is barely?
A word that describes a verb is
What is a adverb?
This is the job of an adjective is to describe a
What is a noun or pronoun
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are conjunctions?
What is the conjunction in the sentence below: I want to play outside today, but it is raining.
What is but?
What is the adjective in the sentence below: I went to summer camp last year.
What is summer or last?