Nouns
Identify the noun in the following statement:
"Water is healthy to drink."
water
Identify the pronoun in the following statement:
"She is a very good student."
she
Identify the adjective in the following statement:
"The students are quiet."
quiet
Identify the verb in the following statement:
"I own a tiny dog."
own
Provide an example of an adverb.
very, quickly, softly, so, nearby, etc.
Identify the noun(s) in the following statement:
"The small child likes to eat bananas."
child, bananas
Identify the pronoun(s) in the following statement:
"Are you taller than him?"
you, him
Identify the adjective in the following statement:
"She is more studious than him."
studious
What is the definition of an "action verb"?
Verb that tells what someone or something does.
Identify the adverb in the following statement:
"The tornado approached slowly."
Identify the nouns in the following statement:
"My birthday is in August."
birthday, August
What is a "possessive pronoun?"
Pronoun indicating possession (mine, his, yours)
Identify the adjective(s) in the following statement:
"Walt Disney had a long, productive career."
long, productive
Identify the "linking verb" in the following statement:
"A symphony is a work for musical instruments."
is
Adverbs can modify three different parts of speech. What are they?
verb, adjective, other adverb
What is the definition of a "concrete noun"?
A noun that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).
Identify the "demonstrative pronoun" in the following statement.
"You need to wash those after dinner."
those
Provide 5 examples of adjectives.
red, tall, big short, one, this, skinny, small, etc.
Which of the following is the future tense of the verb "ran"?
will run
Identify the adverb in the following statement:
"People were leaving at an incredibly slow pace."
incredibly
Give 3 examples of abstract nouns.
liberty, anger, freedom, love, generosity, fear,...etc.
Provide an example of an "intensive pronoun" and a "reflexive pronoun".
Intensive: "I myself am sick of this heat."
Reflexive: "We baked the cake by ourselves."
An adjective is a word that modifies which other parts of speech?
HINT: there are 2 types of words
nouns, pronouns
Identify the FULL verb phrase in the following statement:
"I had been walking."
had been walking
In the following statement, identify the adverb(s) and the word(s) they are modifying:
"The car jerked really violently as we drove."
"really" modifies the ADVERB "violently"
"violently" modifies the VERB "jerked"