Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs

Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs

The four most common parts of speech

What is a noun?

• names "things"

• person, place, thing, or idea

• Every sentence needs one

Multiple Choice

What kind of words are nouns?

• person, place and things
• describing words
• action words
• words that are spelled wrong

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a noun?

• person
• place
• action
• thing

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a noun?

• run

• blue

• teddy bear

• quickly

What is a Proper Noun?

• Proper nouns get a CAPITAL LETTER

• Proper nouns name a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing

• Proper noun examples are: Mrs. Knesh, Front Royal, Dr. Pepper, Roblox, Minecraft, You Tube (Notice how they all have a capital letter!)

Multiple Choice

Which is the proper noun?

My birthday is in September.

• My

• is

• September

• birthday

Multiple Choice

Which is the proper noun?

The teacher went to the park on Tuesday.

• went

• teacher

• park

• Tuesday

Multiple Choice

Which is the proper noun?

My friend John walks to school.

• friend

• walks

• John

• school

What is an Adjective

• DESCRIBES the noun and tells what it is like

• Examples: FLUFFY pillow, RED door, BIG dog, HAIRY monster

Multiple Choice

An adjective...

• describes a verb

• describes a noun

• is a song

• describes an action

Multiple Choice

The angry bear spit out the nasty bug.
Which words are the adjectives?

• spit out
• bug bear
• angry bear
• angry, nasty

Multiple Choice

What are the adjectives in the following sentence?

Christopher found a beautiful rock in his messy room.

• found

• beautiful

• messy

• beautiful and messy

What is a Verb

• a verb is an ACTION word

• it is something you can DO

• Examples: run, jump, kick, smile, sing, sit, listen, talk

Multiple Choice

Identify the verb in this sentence:

Austin and Ella slept all day.

• Ella

• Austin

• slept

• day

Multiple Choice

Identify the verb in this sentence:
Sarah voted for the very first time!

• voted
• Sarah
• first
• very

Multiple Choice

Identify the verb in this sentence:

Billy jumped over the fence.

• Billy

• jumped

• over

• fence

What is an Adverb?

• DESCRIBE the VERB--the how, when, where, to what extent and what condition.

• Often they end in "ly"

• Think to yourself "How did they do it?" and the answer is the adverb.

• Fluffy the cat ran quickly up the tree. How did Fluffy run? He ran quickly!

• Examples: slowly, nicely, happily, messy, sweetly, warml

Multiple Choice

An adverb describes a _______.

• verb
• noun
• word
• article

Multiple Choice

The baby is hungry. He is crying ________.

• slowly
• loudly
• happily
• beautifully

Multiple Choice

Which phrase describes this picture?

• running fast

• laughing happily

• sleeping soundly

• walking slowly

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the sentence?

Nate ran quickly in the hallway.

• He

• ran

• quickly