Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

We will explore:

Adjectives

Nouns

Pronouns

Proper Nouns

Verbs

Adverbs

An ADJECTIVE is a word that describes a noun.

Examples:

The (Noun) felt bumpy.

I ate a delicious (noun).

My favorite (noun) is (ADJECTIVE).

Take 30 seconds and take turns sharing possibilities of these sentences with your buddy.

Multiple Choice

Which word is not an ADJECTIVE

• blue

• amazing

• cat

• salty

• hard

Multiple Choice

What is not a NOUN?

• Person

• Place

• Thing

• Whistling

A NOUN is a word that represents a Person, Place or Thing.

Discuss with a buddy what words are nouns

Multiple Select

Which of the following is a NOUN? (Select all that apply)

• Desk

• Eat

• School

• Run

• Student

Multiple Select

What is a PROPER NOUN? (Choose all that apply)

• house

• Arby's

• Elizabeth

• fish

• coat

A PROPER NOUN refers to a specific person or place, and always capitalized, even if they are in the middle of a sentence.

Example- Russell went to New York with Kathleen and they visited the Statue of Liberty.

Multiple Choice

Select the PROPER NOUN from the options

• Hawaii

• sandwich

• cups

• swim

Multiple Choice

Which one is a PRONOUN?

• he

• matt

• sing

• yesterday

A PRONOUN is a word that can act alone as a reference to another person place or thing

Example: He, she, it, they...

Multiple Choice

What is a VERB

• a person, place or thing

• a word that shows action

• a loud statement

• a word that sounds like another word

A VERB is a word that shows action.

Examples: run, swim, jump, hug, leap

Take 15 seconds and share some more verb examples with a buddy.

Poll

Which VERB would you rather do at 6:00 pm:

• Eat

• Run

• Sing

• Act

• Color

Multiple Select

An ADVERB is a word that describes: (Select all that apply)

• HOW

• WHERE

• WHEN

• HOW OFTEN

• HOW MUCH

An ADVERB describes another verb, adjective or adverb, telling us:

Take a minute and think of one more word you can add to each column. Share with a buddy.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses an ADVERB?

• I took a picture.

• The food was delicious.

• She was hot.

• The dog barked loudly.