Verbs and Adverbs
Find the verb in this sentence: Will you sweep the floors before the party?
What is "sweep"?
Find the noun: We mustn't forget to bring the beans.
What are "beans".
Find the adjective: She chopped up the vegetables on the shiny counter.
What is "shiny".
Find the preposition: The little boy hid underneath the staircase when he heard his sister calling his name.
What is "underneath".
Is this word an adjective or an adverb?
beautiful
Adjective
Is the italicized word a verb or an adverb?
She cautiously tiptoed down the hallway.
Adverb
In this sentence what are the two pronouns and their antecedents?
Kate closed her textbook and put it on the shelf.
Pronoun: her Antecedent: Kate
Pronoun: it Antecedent: textbook
Identify the adjective in this sentence.
The crazy puppy ran around the room with his ball.
Crazy
Identify the pronoun in this sentence.
Amanda stood nervously before the judge.
Before
Find the interjection in this sentence.
Well, I guess we could try to glue it back on.
Well
Identify the italicized word as a verb or an adverb.
The sunset was golden over the lazily flowing river.
Adverb
Does the pronoun used in his sentence make sense?
Lyla turned in his essay the next day.
No.
What word are the adjectives in this sentence describing?
The old, rusty truck was parked outside of the supermarket.
Truck
Find the two prepositional phrases in the sentence.
Adam watched an episode of his favorite show before he went to the concert.
1. Of his favorite show
2. To the concert
Identify all three conjunctions in this sentence.
Neither he nor I was planning to go, but we decided to go so we could meet them.
1. Neither/nor
2. But
3. So
Identify all three verbs in the sentence.
They went there together, ate dinner, then left.
1. Went
2. Ate
3. Left
Identify all the nouns and pronouns in this sentence.
Olivia put her book, pen, and phone in the bag.
Nouns: Olivia, book, pen, phone, bag
Pronoun: her
Identify all adjectives in the sentence and what they describe.
Evan was confused when he god a low C on the test after studying relentlessly all night.
Confused describes Evan.
Low describes C.
Identify all prepositions in this sentence.
Before she knew it, the car was around the corner and traveling through the tunnel.
Before, around, through
Identify the interjections.
Yay! We get an extra day to study! Hallelujah!
"Yay!" and "Hallelujah!"
Find all the verbs and adverbs in this sentence.
The children got into their Halloween costumes and cheerfully went out the door.
Verbs: got, went
Adverbs: cheerfully
Find all the nouns in the sentence.
The cat and dog sat next to Jeff on the chair.
Cat, dog, Jeff, chair
Find all the adjectives in the sentence.
The tiny dog barked furiously at the bluebird on the rusted fence.
Tiny, blue, rusty
Which of the italicized words in the sentence is a preposition?
Ruby completed her complicated project before the due date.Before
Identify what part of speech each word in the sentence is.
Our dog, Larry has both white and brown colored fur.
Our- pronoun
Dog- noun
Larry- noun
Has- verb
Both- conjunction
White- adjective
And- conjunction
Brown- adjective
Colored- verb
Fur- noun