Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

by arisa moreland

​8 Parts of Speech

• ​Noun

• ​Verb

• ​Adjective

• Pronoun

• Adverb

• Preposition

• Article

• ​Conjunction

​Noun (Sustantivo)

• ​Person

• ​Animal

• ​Place

• ​Thing

• ​Idea

• ​Proper vs. Common

Multiple Select

"His mouth is curled up like a tunnel."

Which words are nouns?

• mouth

• his

• tunnel

• curled

Multiple Choice

"A cold breeze whistles."

Which word is a noun?

• cold

• breeze

• a

• whistles

Multiple Choice

Choose the option that is a proper noun.

• brother

• player

• twin

• Josh

​Verb (Verbo)

• ​An action word

• ​Present, future, or past tense

• ​This is what the subject (noun) is doing.

Multiple Choice

"The class snickers,"

Choose the verb

• the

• class

• snickers

Multiple Choice

"I scored fourteen points."

Choose the verb.

• scored

• fourteen

• points

• I

​Adjective (Adjetivo)

• ​This describes a noun

• ​These are used for sensory and descriptive writing

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective

• basketball

• Josh

• tall

• cheering

Multiple Select

"Macaroni with no cheese,/concrete-hard cornbread,/and a green-ish looking ham"

Choose the adjectives

• cheese

• concrete-hard

• greenish-looking

• ham

​Pronoun (Pronombre)

• ​This word replaces a noun

• ​I, you, she, he, it, we, they, you all

• ​This has to agree with gender and number

Multiple Choice

"I walk into the lunchroom with JB." 

Choose the pronoun.

• I

• JB

• walk

• the

Multiple Choice

"She plays ball, too?"

Choose the pronoun.

• plays

• too

• she

• ball

​Adverb (Adverbio)

• ​This word describes a verb

• ​Often ends with -ly (-mente)

Multiple Choice

"And suddenly he bowls over,"

Choose the adverb

• me

• chair

• sits

• suddenly

Multiple Choice

"When/you stop/playing/your game/you've already/lost."

Choose the adverb

• lost

• you

• game

• already

​Preposition (Preposicion)

• ​A word that describes the relationship between a subject and an object.

• Shows direction, time, ​place, location, space, or introduction

Multiple Choice

"Say something/to him. Please."

Choose the preposition.

• say

• to

• please

• something

Multiple Choice

"I still can't move. There is a stream/of sweat on Dad's face."

Choose the preposition

• sweat

• stream

• face

• on

​Article (Articulo)

• This ​gives more information about a noun.

• ​Definite- the is used to be specific

• ​Indefinite- a/an/some are used for introductions, groups, and synonyms

Multiple Choice

"I have a reputation to uphold"

Choose the article

• reputation

• a

• the

• I

Multiple Choice

"The Rockets full-court-press me."

Choose the article

• Rockets

• press

• me

• the

​Conjunction (Conjuncion)

• ​Word that connects two complete sentences

• ​CANNOT start a complete sentence

Multiple Choice

"Don't know how he does it, but/ JB listens to his iPod"

Choose the conjunction

• iPod

• JB

• but

• know

Multiple Choice

"Then Coach blasts his favorite dance music,/and before you know it"

Choose the conjunction

• and

• Coach

• before

• it

Poll

How much do you feel like you learned about parts of speech?

• a lot

• a little

• none

• less than before