Parts of Speech

We need words to talk about English words!

Parts of Speech

Let's check your knowledge!

Multiple Choice

person

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Magnificent- adjective ( describes nouns)

a magnificent view ( what kind of view?) vew is a noun

Utterance- noun

 utterance is a statement ( a thing)

Multiple Select

A noun is a

• person

• place

• thing

Multiple Choice

JUMP is a

• verb

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

CUTE is a

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Select

Adjectives

• describe nouns

• describe verbs

• action

• person, place, or thing

Multiple Choice

Adverbs

• describe verbs

• describe nouns

• person, place, or thing

• action

Multiple Select

loudly

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

• noun

Open Ended

Noun: A noun is a person, place, thing, quality, or act.

Examples: pencil, girl, supermarket, happiness

Write an example of a noun!

Open Ended

Adverb: An adverb describes a verb.

Examples: carefully, easily, barely

Your example?

Open Ended

Verb: Verbs are action or existence words that tell what nouns do.

Examples: to fly, to run, to be, jump, lived

Your example?

Open Ended

Adjective: An adjective describes a noun.

Examples: hairy, crazy, wonderful

Your example?

Interjection

• a sudden utterance

•  Wow, Gosh, Darn

Prepositions

• connect words

• to, under, for, at, by, from

  
  

Conjunction

• and

• but

Pronoun

• used in a place of a noun

• he, she, it , they

Why do I need to know parts of speech?

• to use it in my own sentences correctly

• to understand information from dictionaries

• Let's say I looked up word " substitute" in a dictionary...

Multiple Choice

Yesterday we had a substitute teacher because our science teacher was out sick.

Substitute here is a/an

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

Multiple Choice

I substitute cow milk with almond milk.

Substitute here is a/an

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Well Done!

• Please complete Parts of Speech Assignment in Google Classroom