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.

Fill in the Blanks

What is the pronoun in the sentence?

My dog's name is Kira.

Fill in the Blanks

What pronoun should be used in the blank?

Basketball is a sport that is very popular.

is a game where you shot a ball into a hoop.

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

Fill in the Blanks

Name the adjective in the sentence

The cake had white frosting.

Fill in the Blanks

Name the adjectives in the sentence

He is from a quiet little village on Guam.

Fill in the Blanks

What is the adjective in the sentence?

Who made this fantastic cake?

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.

Fill in the Blanks

What is the verb in the sentence?

The kids are excited.

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