Nouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is used to replace a noun.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a descriptive word.
What is an adverb?
An adverb describes an adjective, a verb, or another adverb.
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that shows action.
What are the two types of nouns?
Common nouns and proper nouns
Identify the pronoun(s) in the sentence: She saw it yesterday.
she, it
Identify the adjective(s) in the sentence: She is a beautiful person.
beautiful
What do most adverbs end in?
ly
What are the three types of verbs?
1. Action verb
2. Linking/state-of-being verb
3. Helping verb
What is the difference between common nouns & proper nouns?
Common nouns are lowercase and refer to non-specific things. Proper nouns are uppercase and refer to specific things.
Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence: Selena made them for him yesterday.
Identify the adjective(s) in the sentence: They are intelligent and wonderful people.
intelligent, wonderful
What are the three questions that an adverb can answer?
1. How?
2. When?
3. Where?
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: They play basketball.
play
Identify the nouns in the following sentence: She ate the sandwich and drank the lemonade.
sandwich, lemonade
I; myself
Identify the adjective(s) in the sentence: The dog has strong muscles and a goofy face.
strong, goofy
Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence: She talks slowly, but she walks fast.
slowly, fast
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: They are short, but I am tall.
are, am
Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence: I felt true happiness.
Happiness
Identify the following pronoun(s) in the sentence: We saw you yesterday, but they did not see us.
we, you, they, us
Identify the adjective(s) in the sentence: The fantastic teacher taught a very interesting lesson.
fantastic, interesting
Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence: They went there yesterday, but they came here today.
there, yesterday, here, today
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: Maria completed her homework and put it in her backpack.
completed, put