Parts of Speech 1: Review

Parts of Speech 1: Review

Nouns, Pronouns, Ad

NOUNS

A person, place, thing, or idea

Common vs. Proper Nouns

• Common are non specific or general people, places or things

• Proper are Specific names of people, places or things

Examples of Common (hint nouns that should not be capitalized)

• girls

• trees

• water

• monkey

• students

• athletes

Examples of Proper (nouns that should be capatilized)

• Elijah

• President Obama

• California

• Wendy's

• Panda Express

• Nike

• Adidas

Multiple Choice

What is a noun?

• The action in the sentence

• The person, place, thing, or idea in the sentence

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun

• A word that replaces a noun in a sentence

Multiple Select

What are the common nouns below? choose all that apply

• Samsung

• apple

• dogs

• Ms. Cruz

• elephant

Multiple Select

What are the proper nouns below? Check all that apply

• phone

• laptop

• Jimmy

• Burger King

• chalkboard

Pronouns

A word used to replace a noun

Examples

• He, she, him, her, I, my, mine

• It, something, who, his, her, us, our

Pronouns replace nouns

• Mary was on the bus and Mary almost missed Mary's stop because Mary fell asleep.

• Mary was on the bus and she almost missed her stop because she fell asleep.

Multiple Select

Check all the pronouns below.

• Girl

• She

• Myself

• Your

• Mom

Adjective

A word that describes a noun or pronoun

Tells details

• Big

• Small

• Dark

• White

• Yellow

• Wonderful

• Handsome

Tells how many

• One

• Any

• Many

• Third

• Three

Verb

describes an action (bring, read, run), an occurrence (happen, become), or state of being (be, exist, stand).

Verbs

• Helping verbs - Helps the main verb

• Examples: will, may, would, have, had, should

Verbs

• Linking verb - a word that links the subject with its predicate.

• Examples: are, is, was, were, look

Verbs

• Action verbs - Show physical or mental action being performed by subject.

• Examples: run, paint, give, sneeze, walk, write, etc.

Multiple Select

What is the verbs in the sentence?

If I were a pirate, I would have a bird who talks.

• were

• bird

• who

• talks

• have