Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Conjunctions

Nouns, Proper Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Conjunctions

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Poll

How much do I know about the Parts of Speech?

• I know very little

• I know some

• I know a lot

Nouns

• A noun is used to name general groups people, place, thing or idea

• Some examples are:

• water, apple, doctor, teacher, man, woman, cat, bedroom, month, and kid

Multiple Select

Check all the nouns that are in the following sentence: I went to the bookstore with my friend to buy a book.

• friend

• book

• bookstore

• went

• buy

Proper nouns

• A proper noun is used to name a specific person, place or thing.

• Proper nouns MUST begin with a capital letter.

• Mr. President, Wisconsin, Valentine's Day

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: I went to __________ to meet the President.

• The White House

• the white house

Pronouns

• A pronoun is a word that can take the place of a noun.

• Some examples are:

• I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun would replace Paul and Tom in the following sentence:

Paul and Tom went to the mall to buy shoes.

• them

• they

• we

• him

Verbs

• Verbs are words that show action

• Some examples are:

• run, skip, jump, breath, follow, sleep, think

Multiple Select

Check all the verbs listed.

• run

• clock

• think

• stomp

• play

Adverbs

• An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• Adverbs can tell: How? Where? When? How much? How often?

• Some examples are:

• quietly, above, now, very, sometimes

Multiple Select

Which word in the sentence is an adverb?

I ran quickly to the store, where I almost spent my last 10 dollars.

• ran

• quickly

• where

• almost

• spent

Adjectives

• An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.

• An adjective can tell size, shape, color, taste, odor, texture, sound, number, weather

• Some examples are:

• huge, oval, blue, sweet, stinky, soft, loud, many, windy

Multiple Choice

The following words are all adjectives:

small, square, pink, sour, fresh, smooth, quiet, fifty, foggy

• TRUE

• FALSE

Conjunctions

• A conjunction is a joining word.

• We use conjunctions to join two words, phrases, or clauses together to make one long sentence.

• Some examples are:

• and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so

Multiple Choice

Which word is the conjunction in the sentence?

My dad said we could go to the movies and we can get some candy.

• movies

• and

• get

• candy