Parts of Speech

Front

She will visit her cousins in New York this summer.

Back

pronoun

Answer explanation

'She' refers to a specific yet unknown person who is going to visit her cousins in New York this summer. A pronoun is used in place of a noun or a noun phrase. She/her, he/him, they/them, I/me, us/we, it/that.

Front

School begins in Fall.

Back

preposition

Answer explanation

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence, and usually shows location, direction, time, or manner. When is school starting? IN the Fall.

Front

Catherine, please read your book silently.

Back

adverb

Answer explanation

'Silently' is an adverb because it describes how Catherine is supposed to read her book. It modifies the verb 'read', specifying the manner of the action. An adverb ADDS to a verb!

Front

Josh brought his notebook to class.

Back

noun

Answer explanation

In the question, 'Josh' is a name of a person, and names of people are classified as nouns. Thus, the correct answer is 'noun'. Specifically, 'Josh' is a proper noun.

Front

Anela’s test score was almost perfect.

Back

adverb

Answer explanation

'Almost' is used to modify the adjective 'perfect', expressing to what extent the test score was perfect. HOW perfect was it? Almost...

Front

Mothers and daughters enjoy shopping.

Back

conjunction

Answer explanation

In the sentence, 'and' is used to connect 'Mothers' and 'daughters' in the sentence. Conjunctions are connecting words that are usually in the middle of a sentence, and many times after a comma!

Front

I understand how to do my homework.

Back

verb

Answer explanation

'Understand' in this sentence is a verb. The act of understanding. Remember, verbs are ACTION or BEING words.

Front

Nya wore a beautiful dress for International night.

Back

adjective

Answer explanation

'Beautiful' is used to describe the dress that Nya wore. 'Dress' is a noun, so 'beautiful' would be an adjective that it modifies.

Front

Quinn speaks in a calm, quiet voice.

Back

verb

Answer explanation

'Speaks' is an action word (verb). The act of speaking.

Front

The plane flew over Teo’s village when he left for the states.

Back

preposition

Answer explanation

'Over' is a preposition used to show the position or movement of the plane in relation to Teo's village. Where did Teo's plane fly? OVER the village. Not around, or into!