Parts of Speech
What are the 8 parts of speech?
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, article, conjunction, preposition
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Define nouns and adjectives.
nouns: a person, place, thing, or idea
adjectives: describes a noun
Define pronouns and articles.
pronouns: take the place of a noun
articles: modifies a noun
Define verb.
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
What type of car does Dominic Toretto drive in Fast and Furious?
1970 Dodge Charger
alternate answer: american muscle
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What is a preposition?
anything a squirrel can do to a tree
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Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence: Harry and Ron went to the Great Lake in search of the Philospher's Stone.
Harry, Ron, Great Lake, Philosopher's Stone
Identify the article(s) in the following sentence: The movie was a long on.
the, a
What are the five types of verbs?
action, saying, thinking & feeling, linking, and helping
What is the fear of snakes called?
Ophidiophobia
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What is a conjunction?
words that connect sentence fragments
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What are the four types of adjectives?
possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, compound
Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence: She invited them over to her house, but they were late.
she, them, her, they
Identify the verb(s) in this sentence & identify what type of verb it is: She looked pretty, but she was still sad.
looked: action
was: linking
Name a kpop boy group that IS NOT bts.
possible options: Seventeen, Ateez, Stray Kids, SHINee, Tomorrow x Together, MONSTA X, EXO, xikers
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Define parts of speech.
all words can be placed into each of these categories
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Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: Her dress was flowy and shiny; her brown hair was curly.
flowy, shiny, brown, curly
What type of article is "the?"
What type of article is "a/an?"
the: definite
a/an: indefinte
Identify the verb(s) in this sentence & identify what type of verb it is: When the teacher called on him, the student replied "I do not know the answer."
called: action
replied: saying
do: helping
know: thinking & feeling
What NFL QB do you think Ms. Shinn drafted for her fantasy league?
Jalen Hurts
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What is 9th part of speech?
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Identify the noun(s) and adjective(s) in the following sentence: The classroom was cold, so the whiny students complained; however, Ms. Shinn was hot, so she did not change the low temperature.
nouns: classroom, students, Ms. Shinn, temperature
adjectives: cold, whiny, hot, low
Identify the pronoun(s) and article(s) in the following sentence: They went to the game, but it was a blow out so they left.
pronouns: they, it, they
articles: the, a
Define each of the 5 types of verbs.
action: doing something
saying: speaking
thinking & feeling: thoughts and emotions
linking: links subject to state of being
helping: adds information to verb
Name 8 of the Big 12 Greek Gods and Goddesses.
zeus, posiedon, hades, athena, aphrodite, hephastus, apollo, artemis, ares, demeter, dionysus, hera
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