Parts of Speech Day 1: Nouns, Articles, Adjectives, Pronouns

Parts of Speech Day 1: Nouns, Articles, Adjectives, Pronouns

Multiple Choice

What is a noun?

• an action

• a linking word

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that gives us more information or describes another word

Multiple Choice

Where is the noun in this sentence?

I ran happily to pet the baby zebra.

• pet

• happily

• ran

• zebra

Multiple Choice

Identify a noun from this sentence: After attacking the anthill, Bruno felt guilty.

• the

• anthill

• attacking

• guilty

Multiple Select

Which of the words in the following sentence are proper nouns? (select all that apply): Sara was from Tennessee, but her job with the Secret Service made her move across the country.

• Sara

• Tennessee

• Secret Service

• move

• job

Multiple Select

Identify the common nouns in this sentence: (select all that apply): Sara was from Tennessee, but her job with the Secret Service made her move across the country.

• the

• job

• country

• Secret Service

• across

Multiple Select

Select all the nouns in this sentence: The teacher felt fear as she ran away from the centipede.

• the

• teacher

• fear

• centipede

• felt

Brain Break!

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Multiple Choice

What is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun by describing it? (For example, "green" in the phrase "The green ball" is a word that describes/modifies the noun "ball.")

• adjective

• article

• adverb

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective: The old shoes had a hole in the toe.

• The

• old

• shoes

• had

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective: The short teacher couldn't reach the top of her Smartboard.

• The

• short

• teacher

• reach

Multiple Select

Select all the adjectives: I opened the freezer and gave her two blue popsicles.

• opened

• two

• blue

• popsicles

Articles

Multiple Choice

Identify the article in this sentence: Loki was apprehended by the timekeeper.

• was

• by

• the

• timekeeper

Multiple Choice

Which article would fit best here? Someday, I would like to have ____ camel for my pet.

• a

• an

• the

Multiple Choice

In the sentence, which noun does the article (an adjective) modify? Someday, I would like to have a camel for my pet.

• have

• pet

• camel

• my

Brain Break

Pronouns

Look at the etymology of the word pronoun. It means "in place of" plus "noun." What do you think is the definition of pronoun?

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun in this sentence: Getting up off the dusty ground, I wiped off my hands. (Which of these options is a pronoun?)

• the

• dusty

• my

• hands

Multiple Choice

Identify the personal pronoun: When the teacher was driving the bus, she accidentally dropped her phone out the window.

• the

• she

• phone

• dropped