Nouns
Common or Proper?
Girl Scouts
Proper
What is the antecedent for the pronoun?
A monkey hurt its arm.
monkey
Action or Linking?
His eyes looked glazed.
Linking
What is the adjective?
I cleaned the messy room.
messy
List any adverbs.
The child speaks clearly.
clearly
What is the interjection?
Hey! That is mine.
Hey!
What is the preposition?
Outside our home a pine tree grows.
Outside
Concrete or Abstract?
Anger
Abstract
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
The kitten followed us to the park on a sunny day.
us
Action or Linking?
The custodian felt his way down a darkened hall.
action
List any adjectives (do not count articles).
I cut Michaela's hair.
Michaela's
List any adverbs.
The toddler slept very peacefully.
very, peacefully
What is the interjection?
Ouch, that hurt a bit.
Ouch
What is the prepositional phrase?
Past the large sign is the windmill.
Past the large sign
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun? Give an example of each.
Common nouns are general; proper nouns are specific (and capitalized)
Examples may vary.
teacher--common
Mrs. Nance--proper
What is the antecedent?
The sign was too far away for Laura to read it.
sign
What is the verb?
The boys scrambled up the ladder and scurried over the roof.
scrambled, scurried
List any adjectives (do not count articles).
The new ornaments were brilliant, but the old ones were faded and cracked.
new, brilliant, old, faded, cracked
List any adverbs.
They had been on a television show before.
before
Identify any conjunctions.
Does Faith want salt and pepper or hollandaise sauce on her eggs?
and, or
What is the object of the preposition?
The rain came in the window.
window
What is a collective noun? Give an example.
One noun with many parts or members.
How many pronouns in the sentence?
If you want to see Eddie's paintings as much as I do, we can see them in that art gallery; the art critic said he did a good job.
5: you, I, we, them, he
What is the verb?
Peter should have stayed in the park.
should have stayed
List any adjectives (do not count articles).
Talkative Charlie uses a blue phone for endless conversations.
talkative, blue, endless
List any adverbs.
We went there after school.
there
Identify any conjunctions.
This movie is particularly interesting to actors and actresses, for the screenplay was written by Mae West.
and, for
How many prepositions?
All students except Willie rode to school on a bus before the rose in the sky.
5 except, to, on, before, in
How many nouns are in the sentence?
Some things, like love and truth, are not purchased with any money.
4
Give two examples of first-person, second-person, and third-person pronouns.
First: I, me, we, us, my, mine, our, ours
Second: you, your, yours
Third: he, she, it, they, them, their, theirs, his, hers its
What is the verb?
By dusk, we will have been in this car for five hours.
will have been
List any adjectives (do not count articles).
Some slow turtles moved quietly under a large green bush.
some, slow, large, green
List any adverbs. Lovely Lisa is a very good singer and sang the new song quite well yesterday.
very, quite, well, yesterday
Identify any conjunctions.
Mom or Dad will pick up Joe and Em, but Grandma and Grandpa will do it tomorrow.
Or, and, but
How many prepositions are in the sentence?
After the television program about snakes, we rode on our bikes to the zoo at the end of the street.
6: after, about, on, to at, of