Parts of Speech
These are actions.
What are verbs?
Yesterday my family __ to dinner at Texas Roadhouse.
What is went?
Last night we ___ TV. (to watch)
What is watched?
a list of food items that you can order at a restaurant
What is a menu?
The class ___ reading the passage. (to be)
What is is?
These are people, places, things, or ideas.
What are nouns?
The cup __ off of the table this morning. (to fall)
What is fell?
Yesterday we __ the vase on the floor. It broke! (to drop)
What is dropped?
a table with bench seating
What is a booth?
Yesterday, the class ___ the passage. (to read)
What is read.
in, on, under, beside, or, across from are examples of
What are prepositions?
I ___ the news on the radio last night. (to hear)
What is heard?
Last week I ___ to a new song. (to listen)
What is listened?
a pre-arranged arrival (the table is on hold for you)
What is a reservation?
The families ____ each other even though they both spoke only a little English. (to understand)
What is understood?
These words modify or describe nouns.
What are adjectives?
Last week, I ___ a new car.
What is bought?
This morning, my daughter ___ her clothes. (to wash)
What is washed?
available now
What is ready?
The busses ___ taken to the mechanic for monthly maintenance checks. (to be)
What is are?
These join two parts of speech, two phrases, or two clauses.
What are conjunctions?
Yesterday she __ about parts of speech. (to teach)
What is taught?
Yesterday, my husband ___ dinner for the family. (to cook)
What is rather?
The busses ___ taken to the mechanic for monthly maintenance checks last week. (to be)
What is were?