Nouns
My son loves to read.
What is son?
It was an important home game for San Antonio, so the arena was packed.
What is "it?"
The naughty child hid under the display table.
What is naughty and display?
Professional basketball is definitely this nation’s best spectator sport.
What is "is?"
What is a noun?
What is a word or set of words for a person, place, thing, or idea?
The crowded mall was a nightmare.
What is mall and nightmare?
Boy, I’ll never forget that Saturday night last February when my favorite uncle took me to see the Spurs game against the Trailblazers.
What is I, my, me?
When the old, gray haired man died, he left money to his grieving family.
What is old, gray haired, and grieving?
Friends sometimes argue when they spend too much time together.
What is argue and spend?
What is a pronoun?
What is a word that takes the place of a noun?
Peter's honesty allowed him to stay out of trouble.
What is Peter, honesty, and trouble?
Wow! I have never seen so many people on their feet, screaming at the top of their lungs.
What is I, their, their?
Professional basketball is definitely this nation’s best spectator sport.
What is professional, this, best, spectator?
The talented players move around the court so quickly that the audience never has a chance to become bored.
What is move, has, become?
What is a verb?
What is a word or set of words that shows action, feeling, or state of feeling?
My mom and dad like to tell embarrassing stories when my friends come over to our house.
What is mom, dad, stories, friends, house?
Correct the pronoun error of the sentence.
It is just me at the door.
What is I?
Olivia became more and more tense as she studied for her parts of speech test.
What is tense and parts of speech?
The Spurs were behind throughout most of the game, but they pulled through and won with a three-pointer in the last few seconds.
What is were, pulled, won?
What is an adjective?
What is a word or set of words that modifies (i.e., describes) a noun or pronoun?
Professional basketball is definitely this nation’s best spectator sport.
What is basketball, nation, and sport?
Correct the pronoun error in the sentence.
It is I who is sorry.
What is "It is I who am sorry."
The talented players move around the court so quickly that the audience never has a chance to become bored.
What is talented and bored?
Boy, I’ll never forget that Saturday night last February when my favorite uncle took me to see the Spurs game against the Trailblazers.
What is will, forget, took, see?
Identify the part of speech of each word in the sentence.
Wow! I have never seen so many people on their feet, screaming at the top of their lungs.
Wow(int)! I(pro) have(v) never(adv) seen(v) so(adv) many(adv) people(n) on(pre) their(pro) feet(n), screaming(v) at(pre) the top(pre) of(pre) their(pro) lungs(n).