Parts of Speech 1
My friend, Bob, is going to Yankee Stadium. What part of speech is Yankee Stadium?
What is a noun? It is a proper noun. It is the specific name of a particular stadium. All the major words would be capitalized.
A person, place, thing, or idea...this is the definition for which part of speech?
What are nouns?
The Flash defeated Killer Frost. What part of speech is defeated?
What is a verb? It tells what the Flash DID.
Ms. Ashley was eating her lunch. What part of speech is Ms. Ashley?
What is a noun? It is a proper noun because it is the name of a specific teacher. It would be capitalized.
He, she, it, them are all which part of speech?
What are pronouns?
We are going to the mall. What part of speech is to?
What is a preposition?
This part of speech describes a noun...?
What is an adjective?
On, off, up, down, in, out, with, near, through, above, beneath, at...these are all?
What are prepositions?
The burglar was still lurking in the house. What part of speech is was?
What is a verb? It is a helping verb, that helps the verb lurking. The verb phrase would be "was lurking".
Laugh, sing, dance, joke are all usually which part of speech?
What are verbs?
The boy performed awesome skids with his new BMX bike. What is awesome?
What is an adjective? It describes the skids.
This part of speech shows action!
What is a verb?
I placed my sneakers in my gym bag. What part of speech is I and my?
What are pronouns?
Squidward gave Rat an expensive ring. What is expensive in this sentence?
What is an adjective? It describes the ring in more detail.
When he dropped his drink, the glass quickly shattered. What is quickly?
What is an adverb?
Michael crashed his bike into the woods. What part of speech is crashed?
What is a verb? It tell what Michael DID.
This part of speech takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
The teacher laughed heartily at a joke. What part of speech is heartily?
What is an adverb? It tells how the teacher laughed.
The science teacher gave the student a Pokemon card as a reward. What is Pokemon card in this sentence?
What is a Adjective? In this sentence, the noun Pokemon is actually used as an adjective to tell "what kind" of card.
I slept well last night. What part of speech is well?
What is an adverb? It tells how I slept.
Jorge is waiting at the bus stop for his uncle. What part of speech is at?
What is a preposition?
This part of speech adds to a verb by answering the questions when, where, to what degree?
What is an adverb?
Squidward sent a birthday card to his friend, SpongeBob. What is sent in this sentence?
What is a verb? It tells what Squidward DID.
Batman ate a strawberry ice cream cone. What is strawberry in this sentence?
What is an adjective? It tells what kind of ice cream.
I saw the restaurant was open, but I decided to cook dinner instead. Which part of speech is but?
What is a conjunction? It connects two sentences together. Conjunctions can connect words, phrases or sentences. If it connects two sentences, it needs a comma in front of it.