TEKS ELA 6.2A

Parts of Speech

Nouns
Pronouns
Adjectives
Articles

Verbs
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections

Multiple Select

What does a noun do in a sentence? It names a

• person

• place

• object

• idea

Multiple Select

The students talk to the teachers. What are the nouns?

• students

• talk

• teachers

• the

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer.

Ethan friends are good ESL students.

• Ethan his

• His Ethan

• Ethan's

• Ethans's

Nouns

• Proper - always capitalize!

• common

common Proper

holiday _________________

capital _________________

______________ street

______________ movie

William Shakespeare _______________

Julia Roberts _______________

Verbs tell what a noun or pronoun is doing in a sentence.

Verbs show

action:
Americans elected a new president.
Fifty-one percent of them voted for the new president.

state of being or condition:
Americans will have a new president on January 20.
Many people appear happy about the new president.

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb, action or state of being?

Many people own trucks.

• action

• state of being

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb, action or state of being?

Fresh peaches cost a lot right now.

• action

• state of being

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb, action or state of being?

Mr. Smith washes his car every weekend.

• action

• state of being

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb, action or state of being?

Mary has a terrible headache.

• action

• state of being

Multiple Select

John throws a frisbee and his dogs run after it. What are the verbs?

• girls

• throws

• dogs

• run

Adjectives describe nouns
what kind of: beautiful house
how many: three children
whose his car
which: those students

Multiple Choice

What does the underlined adjective tell about the noun in this sentence?

Mary ate twenty hotdogs in thirty minutes!

• which

• what kind of

• how many

• whose

Multiple Choice

What does the underlined adjective tell about the noun in this sentence?

After the terrible rain storm, the roads were impassable.

• which

• what kind of

• how many

• whose

Multiple Choice

What does the underlined adjective tell about the noun in this sentence?

Judy shared her cookies with everyone.

• which

• what kind of

• how many

• whose

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

-how often: usually, never
-when: early, soon, after
-where: upstairs, here, upward
-how: slowly, beautifully

Adverbs tell

Multiple Choice

What kind of adverb in underlined in this sentence?

Our dog sleeps downstairs in the basement.

• how

• where

• when

• how often

Multiple Choice

What kind of adverb in underlined in this sentence?

Mary arrived earlier than the others.

• how

• where

• when

• how often

Multiple Choice

What kind of adverb in underlined in this sentence?

Milton played the piano beautifully.

• how

• where

• when

• how often

Multiple Choice

What kind of adverb in underlined in this sentence?

Mr. and Mrs. Rodriquez usually shop at Jewel, but occasionally they visit Lewis Produce.

• how

• where

• when

• how often