Parts of Speech Lesson 1

Parts of Speech Notes

Time to review the simplest 4 types of words

we use.

Part 1

Nouns

Noun:names a person, place, thing, animal, or idea.

#1 Common noun: not capitalized, non specific.
#2 Proper noun: names a specific noun, always

capitalized.

#3 Concrete noun: person, place, thing (can be hit by

concrete)

#4 Abstract noun: ideas (cannot be hit by concrete)

Absent?
If you were absent, we did these things:
● Finished talking about the disclosure.
● Started reading Freak the Mighty.
● Practiced our first reading strategies.

Drag and Drop

A ​

Placeholder

names a person, ​

Placeholder

, thing or idea.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

noun

place

verb

adjective

action

ice skating

Multiple Choice

Jane and David have been on a raft for weeks.

• concrete

• abstract

Multiple Choice

Jane still has hope but David feels despair.

• concrete

• abstract

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is the one in red?
When Michael was a baby, his family moved to North Carolina.

• common noun

• proper noun

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is the one in red?
The teen was cut from the team.

• common noun

• proper noun

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• museum

• New York City

• park

• swimming pool

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a proper noun?

• dog catcher

• Mr. Short

• Tom

• Wendy's

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• Dr. Jones

• dog park

• high school

• lions

Adjectives

Absent?
If you were absent, we did these things:
● Finished the library breakout game.
● Checked out a book for tomorrow.
● You have a quiz on Nouns and you must

have a reading book in class tomorrow.

Adjective Roles:
Adjectives: words that describe or modify nouns.

ex: new, great, orange

Role #1: Tell what kind.

ex: smart, red, quiet

Role #2: Tell which one.

ex: that, this, these, those

Role #3: Tell how many.

ex: four, couple, both, pair

*Proper Adjectives: Proper nouns that are used as
adjectives sometimes. So we capitalize them!

ex: American, Chinese, European

Multiple Choice

Which word in this sentence is an ADJECTIVE?

We solved a math problem.

• problem

• math

• We

Multiple Choice

Which word in this sentence is an adjective?

Matt and Attean walked by the rushing river.

• Attean

• by

• rushing

• walked

1)What kind

• descriptive! (rainy, majestic, generous)

• ​comparative (taller, meanest, best)

• ​material (wool, cotton, brick)

• ​so many more!

Multiple Choice

Which adjective tells WHAT KIND?

• seven

• cotton

• several

Multiple Select

Which 2 adjectives tells WHAT KIND?

• majestic

• cold

• Canadian

• sixteen

2.How many

• number (sixteen, seven, eight)

  amount of (many, several, multiple)

Multiple Choice

Which adjective tells HOW MANY?

• twenty

• large

• third

Multiple Choice

Which adjective tells HOW MANY?

• pepperoni

• many

• seventh

• farthest

3.Origin

• ​tells where the noun is from (American, British, Thai)

Multiple Choice

Which adjective tells ORIGIN?

• Indonesian

• close

• vaguely

LET'S REVIEW!!!

Multiple Choice

Which adjective tells WHAT KIND?

• six

• Japenese

• beautiful

• British

Multiple Choice

Which adjective tells HOW MANY?

• seventh

• multiple

• British

• millionaire

Verb

Absent?
If you were absent, we did these things:
● Finished the library breakout game.
● Checked out a book for tomorrow.
● You have a quiz on Nouns and you must

have a reading book in class tomorrow.

Verbs & Verb Types
Verb: action or state of being. It’s what you do.
Tense: shows when something happens

Past: -ed
Present: no ending, -s, -ing
Future: add modal helping verb before verb

Modal verbs: Helping verbs that add intention to verbs.
ex: can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought to
Helping verbs: add meaning, tense, or count to verbs.

TO BE: is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being
TO HAVE: have, had, has
TO DO: do, did, does.

​VERBS Can Help Other Verbs

Multiple Choice

Identify the HELPING verb

You should really work on your homework assignment.

• You

• should

• homework

• work

Multiple Choice

Identify the HELPING verb

He was elected by a unanimous vote.

• He

• was

• elected

• vote

Multiple Choice

Identify the HELPING verb

He did not return the hall pass.

• He

• did

• return

• pass

Multiple Choice

Identify the HELPING verb

He did not return the hall pass.

• He

• did

• return

• pass

Multiple Choice

Identify the HELPING verb

Those teachers are going to be late to class.

• teachers

• are

• late

• class

Multiple Choice

Identify the HELPING verb

He will not go to the game.

• He

• will

• go

• game

rather than an action. They are used in a sentence WITH an action verb.

​

​Modal Verbs express an idea

Multiple Choice

Which modal verb is used to tell that someone that they are able to do something? 

• should

• would

• can

• must

Multiple Choice

Which modal verb is used to tell someone that it is a requirement that they do something?

• might

• may

• should

• must

Multiple Choice

Select the modal that gives permission and best completes the following sentence:
You ______________ borrow my favorite book.

• Might

• Would

• Must

• Can

Multiple Choice

Select the modal that expresses a future plan and best completes this sentence:
We ___________ leave for our trip tomorrow.

• Can

• Could

• Would

• Will

Multiple Choice

Lili : I don’t have any pencils. ___?

Sita : Sure. Here you are.

• Get me this pencil

• May I borrow yours

• What is this

• Is this your pencil

Multiple Choice

Andi : ___ you explain it once more, Sir? I’m still confused.

Teacher : Of course.

• Would

• May

• Shall

• Must

Adverbs

Absent?
If you were absent, we did these things:
● Finished the library breakout game.
● Checked out a book for tomorrow.
● You have a quiz on Nouns and you must

have a reading book in class tomorrow.

Adverb: modifies or describes a verb. They tell how
or when something is happening.
* Usually end in -ly

How

When

Quickly

daily

Easily

yearly

Happily

monthly

Quietly

hourly

Sadly

frequently

Slowly

constantly

Multiple Choice

Which of the following do adverbs NOT modify?

• verbs

• adjectives

• nouns

• adverbs

Multiple Choice

COMPLETE WITH ADVERBS

1. Aunt Anne is a careful driver. So she drives ...

• careful

• carefully

Multiple Choice

COMPLETE WITH ADVERBS

2. Harry is a bad player because he plays ...

• badly

• bad

Multiple Choice

COMPLETE WITH ADVERBS

3. Mrs Hardy is a good cook because she cooks ...

• good

• well

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Which word is the adverb in this sentence?

Latasha dances ballet gracefully.

• Latasha

• dances

• ballet

• gracefully

Multiple Choice

Which word is the adverb in this sentence?

The sea turtles crawl slowly across the sand.

• sea

• crawl

• slowly

• across

Multiple Choice

Which word is the adverb in this sentence?

Mateo looked thoughtfully out to sea.

• looked

• thoughtfully

• out

• sea

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverbs: I am extremely hungry today.

• extremely, today

• hungry, extremely

• am hungry

• hungry

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverbs:

John quickly explained the math homework yesterday.

• quickly, yesterday

• math, homework

• quickly, math

• John, yesterday