Parts of Speech

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.
Personal Pronouns: he, she it, him, her, we, us, they, them, etc.
Indefinite: anyone, everyone, one, no one, etc.

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.
Linking Verbs: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, seems, tastes, feels, grows, sounds, appears, become

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.
FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

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

What is the proper noun in this sentence: We found a map to Candy Mountain.

• We

• map

• to

• Candy Mountain

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence: For breakfast, the elephants got more than 100 pounds of hay.

• breakfast

• than

• got

• hay

Multiple Choice

What is the interjection: Wow, that was a bad test!

• Wow

• that

• was

• bad

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!