Parts of Speech and Sentence Combining

Parts of Speech & Sentences

Multiple Choice

How many parts of speech are there?

• Two

• Seven

• Nine

• Five

What are the nine parts of speech?

• Noun (common and proper)

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Adverb

• Preposition

• Conjunction

Parts of Speech: Continued

• Article

• Interjection

(Common) Noun

A noun is a person, place or thing.

(Proper) Noun

A proper noun is a unique or well-known person, place or thing.

Pronoun

A pronoun is a word which is used in place of a noun (common or proper). There are many types of pronouns, and we can learn them all!

Adjective

An adjective changes or describes a noun.

Verb

A verb is a word or words that show an action or a state of being.

Adverb

An adverb changes or describes a verb or another adverb. It usually answers one of these questions: How? Where? When? How much? How often?

Preposition

A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else.

Conjunction

A conjunction connects words, phrases, clauses or sentences.

Use “FANBOYS” to help you remember these:

F=for

A=and

N=nor

B=but

O=or

Y=yet

S=so

Article

There are three articles: a, an and the.

Interjection

A word or phrase that is used for exclamation, excitement, surprise, disbelief, etc…

Here are some things to remember:

• Only interjections can be a sentence on their own.

• Words can be more than one part of speech. For example, book can be a noun and a verb, apartment can be a noun and an adjective and down can be a verb and a preposition.

• A complete sentence must have a noun and a verb.

Multiple Select

Which ones are sentences?

• Did Alex eat dinner?

• Birds fly.

• After school.

• Ew!

• Because great white sharks swam by.

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What part of speech is did?

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What part of speech is difficult?

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What part of speech is carefully?

Multiple Choice

Phew! is a/an . . .

• Conjunction

• Interjection

• Pronoun

• Preposition

Multiple Choice

Herself is a/an . . .

• Noun

• Adjective

• Proper noun

• Pronoun

Multiple Choice

Under is a/an . . .

• Conjunction

• Adverb

• Article

• Preposition

Multiple Select

Snore is a noun.

• True

• False

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Snore is a ________.

Multiple Select

But is a conjunction.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Mickey Mouse is a common noun.

• True

• False

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Mickey Mouse is a ________.

Multiple Select

An is an article.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Select all the words that are adjectives.

• amazing

• hunger

• perfectly

• wise

Multiple Select

Select the words that are nouns.

• China

• falafel

• anime

• eat

Multiple Select

Select the words that can be more than one part of speech.

• dress

• wall

• fish

• work

Identify what part of speech each word is:

Are cats nocturnal?

Identify what part of speech each word is:

Bojan was extremely tired.

Identify what part of speech each word is:

The apple is red.

Identify what part of speech each word is:

Ouch! A bug bit me!

Identify what part of speech each word is:

We order vegetarian pizza on Fridays.

Identify what part of speech each word is:

The students left the theatre before the movie started.

Identify what part of speech each word is:

Caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies.

Identify what part of speech each word is:

Arianna Grande sang the song clearly and loudly yesterday.