Parts of Speech

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Noun

Name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

Examples: Daniel, London, table, hope

Mary uses a blue pen for her notes.

Pronoun

Used in place of a noun or noun phrase to so we don't repeat.

Examples: I, you, it, we, them, those

I want her to dance with me.

Adjective

Describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.

Examples: cold, happy, young, two, fun

The little girl has a pink hat.

Verb

Shows an action of state of being.

Examples: go, speak, eat, live, are, is

I listen to the word and then repeat it.

Adverb

Modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It tells how (often), where, when.

Examples: slowly, very, always, well, too

Yesterday, I ate my lunch quickly.

Conjunction

Joins two words, ideas, phrases together and shows how they are connected.

Examples: and, or, but, because, yet, so

I was hot and tired but still finished it.

Preposition

Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word.

Example: at, on, with, from, in, about

I left my keys on the table for you.

Let's go!

Are you ready to help us?

Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun?

• jump
• purple
• away
• pencil

Multiple Choice

Find the noun in the sentence.

The majestic lion roared loudly.

• lion

• roared

• loudly

• majestic

Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun?

• pillow

• running

• silly

• ate

Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun?

• run

• bravery

• hop

• sitting

Multiple Choice

Which word is a verb?

• rabbit
• desk
• eating
• paper

Multiple Choice

Which word is a verb?

• knowledge
• bravery
• talking
• sentence

Multiple Choice

Which word is a verb?

• watching
• television
• computer
• teacher

Multiple Choice

The boys climbed the tall tree. 
What is the adjective that describes tree?

• boys
• climbed
• tall

Multiple Choice

Yesterday, our breakfast was delicious. 
What is the adjective that describes breakfast?

• yesterday
• delicious
• was

Multiple Choice

Find the NOUN(s): The dog ran through the alley.

• dog, ran

• through, alley

• the, dog

• dog, alley

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective that best completes the sentence. 
The bald eagle has __________ feathers and a strong beak. 

• brown
• one
• happy

Multiple Choice

Find the ADJECTIVE: Robinson Middle School is a beautiful building.

• beautiful

• Robinson

• building

• is

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective that best completes the sentence. 
The ____________ puppy ran around the yard all morning long. 

• sleepy
• eight
• playful

Fill in the Blanks

Find the VERB: Mike walked through the forest.

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective that best completes the sentence. 
Nico told his friend a _____________ joke.  

• yellow

• funny

• beautiful

Multiple Choice

Find the ADVERB: The sunrise was really pretty this morning.

• morning

• sunrise

• the

• really

Multiple Choice

Adverbs describe the verb.  Which word is an adverb?
We always follow directions at Benfer.  

• we

• always

• directions 

• Benfer

Multiple Choice

The mouse ran away from me and into the woods.

What are the PREPOSITIONS?

• mouse, woods

• ran, me

• from, into

• away, ran

Multiple Choice

Adverbs describe the verb.  Which word is an adverb?
The mouse ran quietly to its hole. 

• the 
• mouse
• ran
• quietly

Multiple Choice

Find the PRONOUN: Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch me a pail of water.

• ran

• me

• fetch

• water

Multiple Choice

Adverbs describe the verb.  Which word is an adverb?
Annie ate nearly all of the snacks in the pantry. 

• Annie

• ate

• nearly

• pantry

Multiple Choice

Find the CONJUNCTION: Brandy, Kaivonna, Ziah, Desquay, Avani, Gabriela, Tyler, Kai, Donye, Diana, Pahola, Jo'Hanna, Kristian, Sophia, and Miss Keene LOVE Literacy!

• and

• LOVE

• Literacy

• Miss

Multiple Choice

What kind of word names a person, place or thing?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

What kind of word describes a noun?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

What kind of word is an action word?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?
We are sitting under a tree. 

• are

• sitting

• under

• tree

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?
Please put your books on your desk. 

• please

• your

• books

• on

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?
I am sitting between Mom and Dad. 

• am

• between

• Mom

• Dad

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