Part of Speech Compellation

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the?

We went to the store quickly after dark.

• adverb

• article

• interjection

• verb

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What part of speech is her?

Sally slept all night with her stuffed animal in the bed.

• adverb

• preposition

• pronoun

• conjunction

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is library?

The school library is full of new books.

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

• verb

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

Maggie was getting ready to walk to school.

• Maggie

• getting

• ready

• school

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in this sentence?

My school is working hard to prepare us for testing day.

• school

• working

• hard

• testing

Multiple Choice

What is the interjection in this sentence?

Wow! The students did awesome on their test!

• awesome

• test

• student

• wow

Multiple Choice

What is the conjuction in this sentence?

We went to bed early because we were so tired.

• went

• because

• were

• so

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in this sentence?

Sally read that book quickly so she checked out another one.

• another

• read

• quickly

• so

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition in the sentence?

My favorite series in the library is probably the Theodore Boone series.

• favorite

• probably

• in

• my

Multiple Choice

What is the article in the sentence?

What is the cause of using her umbrella?

• is

• what

• the

• her

Multiple Choice

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

My teacher read us a story about children from long ago.

• teacher

• us

• children

• from

Multiple Choice

What is the noun in this sentence?

I am so tired I could sleep for years.

• so

• tired

• sleep

• years

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

I just cannot look at this!

• just

• I

• cannot

• look

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in this sentence?

The bright sun made softball practice so hot today.

• bun

• softball

• hot

• practice

Multiple Choice

What is the interjection in this sentence?

Oh no! We forgot to do our homework!

• forgot

• we

• oh no

• homework

Multiple Choice

What is the conjunction in this sentence?

We are so intelligent and creative!

• are

• so

• and

• we

Multiple Choice

What is the preposition?

My husband sent me a dozen yellow roses for our anniversay?

• my

• sent

• yellow

• for

Multiple Choice

What is the subject noun in this sentence?

The beautician gave my mom and me a shampoo.

• mom

• me

• beautician

• shampoo

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in this sentence?

The cooks made all the teachers a special dessert.

• made

• cooks

• special

• dessert

Multiple Choice

What is the conjunction in this sentence?

My mom and dad bought me a skirt and sweater for Easter.

• my

• and

• me

• for

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 avoid repetition.

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.

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.

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.

Interjection

A word or phrase that expresses a strong emotion. It is a short exclamation!

Examples: Ouch! Hey! Oh! Well!

Wow! I passed my English exam.

Multiple Choice

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

• dog, ran

• through, alley

• the, dog

• dog, alley

Multiple Choice

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

• beautiful

• Robinson

• building

• is

Open Ended

Find the VERB: Mike and DJ hiked up the mountain.

Multiple Choice

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

• morning

• sunrise

• the

• really

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

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

• ran

• me

• fetch

• water

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

Open Ended

Add an INTERJECTION: ___ I really loved spring break!

Nouns

What are Nouns?

A noun is a person, place, thing, or animal.

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Multiple Choice

Which is a noun?

• mountain

• run

• skip

• blink

Multiple Choice

Which is a noun?

• climb

• shoe

• slap

• think

Adjectives

​What are adjectives?

Adjectives modify or describe a noun.

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Multiple Choice

Which is an adjective?

• climb

• mountain

• shoe

• beautiful

Multiple Choice

Which is an adjective?

• greasy

• man

• run

• sing

Verbs

​What are verbs?

Verbs are action words.

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Multiple Choice

Which is a verb?

• climb

• pretty

• mountain

• flower

Multiple Choice

Which is a verb?

• eye

• dress

• blink

• sweet

Multiple Choice

Which verb could go in the blank?

All the cats __________ out the back door.

• swam

• ran

• tip-toed

• skated

Multiple Choice

Which adjective could go in the blank?

My ______ bag carries many, many things.

• small

• compact

• large

• tiny

Multiple Choice

Which noun could go in the blank?

My mom loves to cook ___________.

• chicken

• cotton

• pans

• oven

Choose the right part of speech.

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Multiple Choice

The young girl set the blue flowers on the wooden table.

Which words are nouns?

• young, blue, wooden

• girl, flowers, table.

• set

• the, on

Multiple Choice

The young girl set the blue flowers on the wooden table.

Which words are verbs?

• young, blue, wooden

• girl, flowers, table.

• set

• the, on

Multiple Choice

The young girl set the blue flowers on the wooden table.

Which words are adjectives?

• young, blue, wooden

• girl, flowers, table.

• set

• the, on

Multiple Choice

Nine boys stood in the dark hallway.

Which word is an adjective?

• boys

• hallway

• dark

• stood

Multiple Choice

Nine boys stood in the dark hallway.

Which word is an noun?

• in

• hallway

• dark

• nine

Multiple Choice

Nine boys stood in the dark hallway.

Which word is a verb?

• dark

• hallway

• boys

• stood

Parts of Speech

Games are fun and they also help teachers to figure out what you know. It's gives us a good starting point for our learning. It's NOT a test, but more of a "check in" or "measurement".

The word "modify" means to give further description or information about something. 

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modify is used frequently when talking about parts of speech and their relationships.

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Multiple Select

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

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Words that modify nouns or pronouns.

• pronouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• prepositions

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Words that show an action or a state of being.

• verb

• noun

• pronoun

• adverb

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Words that take the place of nouns.

• pronouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• prepositions

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Words that modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

• conjunctions

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Words that connect other words, phrases, or clauses.

• preposition

• adverb

• interjection

• conjunction

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Words that show emotion.

• adjectives

• interjections

• conjunctions

• adverbs

Multiple Select

Words that describe a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another element in the sentence.

• preposition

• conjunction

• adverb

• interjection

Poll

How do you think you did?

• Awesome! I know them well and I am ready for my Grammar Police badge.

• I think I did okay. I didn't know a few and/or I don't think I got many wrong.

• I could definitely use a review of these terms because I felt pretty rusty.

Multiple Choice

How many parts of speech are there in English?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 1

Multiple Choice

a word used to identify people, places, things, or ideas

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• pronoun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun, to modify or describe it

• adverb

• adjective

• interjection

• pronoun

• noun

Multiple Choice

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

• pronoun

• adjective

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

Multiple Choice

a word that modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

• conjunction

• adjective

• interjection

• preposition

• adverb

Multiple Choice

a word that substitutes for a noun or a noun phrase

• adverb

• adjective

• interjection

• pronoun

• noun

Multiple Choice

a word used to connect clauses, sentences, phrases, or words

• interjection

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

Multiple Choice

a word expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• interjection

• preposition

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

Multiple Choice

a word that expresses emotion

• verb

• noun

• interjection

• conjunction

• adverb

Multiple Choice

What is a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its grammatical function?

• grammar

• article

• number

• part of speech

• adverb

Multiple Choice

What part of speech usually ends in

"-ly"?

• interjection

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

Multiple Choice

What is a type of adjective used to specify the grammatical definiteness of a noun?

• grammar

• article

• number

• part of speech

• adverb

Multiple Choice

What part of speech are articles?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• interjection

Multiple Select

What 2 parts of speech can numbers be?

• noun

• verb

• preposition

• adverb

• adjective

Multiple Select

What parts of speech can "part" be?

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• conjunction

Multiple Select

What parts of speech can "exercise" be?

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• interjection

• verb

Multiple Select

What parts of speech can "total" be?

• noun

• preposition

• conjunction

• verb

• adjective

Multiple Select

What parts of speech can "well" be?

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• interjection

Multiple Choice

A part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea is called 

• noun
• verb
• preposition
• adjective

Multiple Choice

A part of speech that takes the place of a noun is called

• verb

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun is called

• verb

• conjunction

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

A part of speech that shows ACTION is called

• pronoun

• noun

• verb

• adverb

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the blue word?

He is strong.

• Pronoun

• Noun

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the blue word?

My father drives well.

• Adjective

• Adverb

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the blue word?

Can you please take this book to the library?

• verb

• adverb

• noun

• adjective

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the blue word?
The teacher was talking quickly at the end of class.

• noun
• verb
• adverb
• adjective

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is the blue word?

The play that I went to watch was a comedy.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Multiple Choice

What is the proper noun in this sentence:
Mary went to school early to get help from her teacher. 

• Mary
• school 
• early 
• teacher

Multiple Choice

What is the difference in an adjective and an adverb?

• An adjective describes a noun/pronoun, while an adverb describes a verb

• There is no difference

• An adjective describes a verb, while an adverb describes a noun/pronoun

• An adjective describes, while an adverb shows action

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a conjunction?

• And

• Also

• For

• But

Multiple Choice

Which part of speech is FANBOYS?

• Interjection

• Conjunction

• Noun

• Verb

Multiple Choice

A noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea is a called a _________ noun.

• Pronoun

• Proper

• Common

• Plural

Multiple Choice

Choose the pronoun that can be used in place of the green words:

My classmates and I had fun at recess today.

• They

• We

• Me and my classmates

• Us

Multiple Choice

What is an adverb?

• a word that connects words, phrases, and clauses

• a word that modifies verbs and some other parts of speech

• a word that modifies nouns and pronouns

• a word that is a person, place, thing, or idea

Multiple Choice

What do pronouns replace?

• prepositions

• verbs

• nouns and noun phrases

• adjectives

Multiple Choice

Which part of speech expresses an action or a state of being?

• adverb

• interjection

• preposition

• verb

Multiple Choice

What is an adjective?

• a word that describes nouns and pronouns

• an interrupting word

• a word that is a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that connects words, phrases, and clauses

Multiple Choice

What part of speech would you use to describe where, when or the direction something is going?

• conjunction

• preposition

• interjection

• pronoun

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the noun.

The scruffy dog barked loudly.

• barked

• loudly

• dog

• scruffy

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the conjunction.

Hey, I got a bicycle and a scooter for my birthday!

• hey

• got

• bicycle

• and

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. How would you rewrite it using a pronoun?

I walked up the hill to wait for Lily.

• I walked up the hill to wait for her.

• I walked down the hill to wait for Leslie.

• I climbed up the hill to wait for Leslie.

• I walked quickly up the hill to wait for Leslie.

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb in the sentence.

Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone.

• Aisha

• suddenly

• dropped

• delicious

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Choose an adjective you could add to describe the moon.

Finn gazed up at the moon and the stars.

• his

• bright

• counted

• sleepily