Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Can you identify the NINE parts of speech & what they do? Score high enough, and you COULD test out!

Multiple Select

What is NOT a noun?

• Person

• Place

• Thing

• Idea

• Descriptor

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun(s):

The red cat mewed quietly at me.

• Red

• Cat

• Mewed

• Me

Nouns

• Definition: person, place, thing or ideas

• Two types of nouns: proper & common

• Proper nouns: ALWAYS capitalized (names, specific places, months, states, nations, etc.)
  
  

• Common nouns: ONLY capitalized when starting a sentence (general or non-specific person, places, things, ideas)

Multiple Choice

What does a pronoun do?

• Describes

• Takes the place of a noun

• Shows time

• Shows action

Multiple Select

What's the pronoun?

He saw the dog walk across the street.

• He

• Saw

• Dog

• Street

Pronouns

• Replace nouns in a sentence

• Words like: it, he, she, they, us, me, my, our

Multiple Choice

What is NOT the job of a verb?

• Describe

• Show time

• Show action

• Connect parts of a sentence

Verbs

• Verbs play two roles: action and linking

• All verbs show time, too (verb tense: past, present & future)

• Easiest way to ID a verb: look for time (like -ing, -ed, -es, endings are easiest) 

• Is, was, will be are examples of linking verbs

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective:

The slimy frog slithered under the tree.

• The

• Slimy

• Slithered

• Under

Adjectives

Are responsible for describing NOUNS:
Think of colors, appearances...

Multiple Choice

What does a conjunction do?

• Modifies a noun

• Modifies a verb

• Connects clauses

• Connects a verb w/ an adverb

Multiple Choice

What's the job of an adverb?

• Always end w/ -ly

• Helps/describes a verb

• It helps conjunctions link

Multiple Choice

An example of a preposition is:

He sat under the table.

• sat

• under

• the

• table

Multiple Choice

What's the article?

• The

• man

• ate

• food