Parts of Speech - Part 1 Review

Parts of Speech

Part I Review

Nouns

What is a Noun?

Examples of Nouns

Person

Bill
man
Ann
child

president
teacher
Mr. Smith

Place

Chicago

space
kitchen
Europe

restaurant

exterior

city

Thing

pen
table
pencil
apple

hamburger

flower
disease

Quality

happiness

size

density

fear
color

intelligence

taste

Idea

democracy
friendship
philosophy

beauty
justice
likability
loyalty

Multiple Select

In the following sentence, which words are nouns?

Caleb loves to play baseball.

• Caleb

• loves

• to

• play

• baseball

​Two Types of Nouns

​Common Nouns: A noun that does not name a specific person, place, or thing

Examples: boy, girl, park, dog, video games, social media

​Proper Nouns: A noun that names a specific person, place, or thing

Examples: Ryan, Jenny, Disneyworld, Clifford the Big Red Dog, YouTube, Instagram, Super Smash Brothers

Multiple Choice

What is the common noun in this sentence?

James drove to the store.

• James

• drove

• to

• the

• store

Multiple Choice

What is the proper noun in this sentence?

The students walked into King Philip Middle School.

• The

• students

• walked

• into

• King Philip Middle School

Pronouns

What is a pronoun?

Pronouns take the place of a noun.

Examples of pronouns

Multiple Choice

What is the pronoun in the following sentence?

He likes eating candy.

• He

• likes

• eating

• candy

Multiple Choice

What is the pronoun in the following sentence?

Rebecca gave her the toy.

• Rebecca

• gave

• her

• the

• toy

Multiple Choice

What is the pronoun in the following sentence?

You should listen to the teacher.

• You

• should

• listen

• teacher

Verbs

What is a Verb?

A verb is the action of the sentence. It shows what someone or something is doing.

Examples of Verbs

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the following sentence?

The dog chases the cat.

• The

• dog

• chases

• the

• cat

Open Ended

What verb could you use to complete this sentence?

Justin _________ the ball.

Adjectives

What is an Adjective?

A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

Examples of Adjectives

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in this sentence?

The tall boy dunked the basketball.

• tall

• boy

• dunked

• basketball

Open Ended

Fill in an adjective to describe the dog.

The _______ dog ran around the park.