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Nouns
Verbs
Adjective
Preposition
Wild
100
Define a noun.
person, place, thing, idea
100
Define a verb.
tells what action someone or something is doing or describes a state of being
100
Define an adjective.
a word that describes a noun or pronoun
100
Define a preposition.
describes the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word in the sentence
100
Define a conjunction.
joins words or phrases in a sentence
200
Identify 2 nouns in the following sentence: "Please help!" said the man with the umbrella.
man, umbrella
200
Identify a verb in the following sentence: Johnny ran around the block three times.
ran
200
Identify 2 adjectives in the following sentence. The man with the big yellow hat sat on the bench.
big, yellow
200
Identify a preposition in the following sentence. The squirrel ran across the telephone wire.
across
200
"OH WOW!" is an example of what part of speech?
interjection
300
Identify 3 nouns in the following sentence: Ms. Bender has a large collection of paperclips on her desk.
Ms. Bender, collection, paperclips, desk
300
Identify 2 verbs in the following sentence: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog; the dog quietly growled.
jumped, growled
300
Identify 3 adjectives in the following sentence: There are 150 pieces of chocolate candy in Ms. Bender's left desk drawer.
150, chocolate, Ms. Bender's, left, desk
300
Identify 3 prepositions in the following sentence: The child hid behind the curtain in the living room with just his toes showing.
behind, in, with
300
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: She ran and jumped into the clear blue water.
and
400
Identify 2 nouns and 1 pronoun in the following sentence: She liked to play with the cat on the porch.
nouns: cat, porch; pronoun: she
400
Identify 2 verbs in the following sentence: (don't forget "state of being" verbs!) I am excited to see my brother after school!
am, see ("to see" is an infinitive)
400
Identify all the adjectives in the following sentence: He quickly buried the smelly corpse of the rotten dead dog in the holly bush.
smelly, rotten, dead, holly
400
Identify all the prepositions in the following sentence: Please don't forget your homework when you walk into class in the morning.
into, in
400
Name 5 prepositions.
answers may vary (aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, etc.)
500
Identify all the nouns and pronouns in the following sentences: The school principal spoke at the special assembly in the auditorium. She also asked some students to speak.
principal, assembly, auditorium, she, students
500
Write a sentence that includes one state of being verb and one action verb.
answers will vary
500
Write a sentence containing 5 adjectives.
answers will vary
500
List 10 prepositions
answers may vary (within, without, until, up, upon, for, from, down, during, etc)
500
Identify the parts of speech of each word in the following sentence: The man walked around the puddle.
The (article) man (noun) walked (verb) around (preposition) the (article) puddle (noun [object of preposition]).