Parts of speech

Parts of speech

Let's think about nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions

NOUN - person, place, thing, or idea

Here are some examples

• dog, cat, book, banana

• Japan, Italy, Ota City, GKA

• picture, fish, lion, money

• Tony, Bobby, Jane, Sarah

Multiple Select

Check all the nouns

• listens

• lunch

• is

• in

• Tommy

Verb - an action word or a being word

• If you are doing an action, that action word is a verb

• If you are just being something, that word of being is a verb

• If you know the subject noun (or pronoun), ask yourself, what is the subject doing? Maybe it's an action, maybe it's being, but that's the verb

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb!!

Jane is a painter

• Jane

• is

• a

• painter

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb -

Bobby cooks spaghetti

• Bobby

• cooks

• spaghetti

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb phrase -

Sarah is eating ice cream

• Sarah

• is eating

• ice

• cream

Adjective - a word that modifies a noun (a describing word)

• What kind of? It's a green shirt, a large shirt

• How many? There are three trees, many trees

• Which one? It's that tree

Multiple Select

Check all the adjectives. (Think of words that could be used to describe the noun friend.)

• plays

• nice

• tall

• on

• kind

Adverb - modifies a verb by answering

• How does the verb happen? quickly, softly, gently, suddenly

• When does the verb happen? often, always, now

• Where does the verb happen? there, everywhere

Multiple Select

Which is the adverb in the list?

HINT - it changes the verb.

Think of the sentence "I _____ walk to school"

• tall

• slow

• quickly

• happy

Preposition - a position word, (or a word that tells you something about a noun relative to another noun.) You could think of "anywhere a mouse can go" relative to a wall.

• on the wall

• near the wall

• around the wall

• under the wall

• in the wall

Multiple Select

Try to check all prepositions. A trick to use to find a prepositions would be to try to put it with a noun like wall, (from the previous "anywhere a mouse can go" example) or a room like the kitchen.

Keep in mind those specific examples might not work with EVERY preposition, like "with," or "for," for example.

• into

• toward

• from

• out of

• through

Open Ended

What are the 5 parts of speech you just learned about?