Middle school - parts of speech

Parts of speech

What are parts of speech?

Multiple Choice

What is a noun?

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A word that describes something or someone

• A very small word, like "a" or "the"

Noun

A noun is a person, place, or thing

What is an example of a noun?

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• An action word, or a word that shows action (jump, spin, spit, twirl, talk, breathe)

• a person, place, or thing

• Spiderman

• a describing word, like "pretty" or "luminscent"

Verb

A verb is an action word!

Multiple Choice

What is an adjective?

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A type of hippopotamus

• A word that describes someone or something

An adjective is a word that describes something.

What words could you use to describe these tulips?

Open Ended

What is an example of a noun?

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a verb? (monkey, potato, run, shiny)

• monkey

• potato

• run

• shiny

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, which word is the verb?: "My ice cream melted onto the sidewalk."

• melted

• sidewalk

• my

Poll

In the following sentence, which word is the adjective?: "Marcus wanted to go to the park so he could try out his new football."

• football

• new

• Marcus

• wanted

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, what part of speech is the underlined word? "I dropped a brick on my foot."

• noun

• verb

• adjective

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, what part of speech is the underlined word? "I ate a red apple."

• noun

• verb

• adjective

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, which part of speech is the underlined word: "Sam ate six waffles for breakfast."

• noun

• verb

• adjective