Parts of Speech

What is a noun?

• Person, place, or thing
• Person or thing
• Person, place, thing, or idea
• Just ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is a verb?

• A person, place, thing or idea
• Describes an action
• Modifies a noun
• An action

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is a pronoun?

• An action
• Replaces a verb
• Replaces a noun
• Describes a noun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

Select examples of a verb.

• Is, are, run
• House, home, walk
• Eat, create, hot
• Is, are, it

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is an adverb?

• Describes or modifies a verb; "What kind?" "Which one?" "How many?"
• Describes or modifies a verb; "How?" "When?" "Where?"
• Describes or modifies a noun; "How?" "When?" "Where?"
• Describes or modifies a noun; "What kind?" "Which one?" "How many?"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is an interjection?

• Expresses neutral feelings, followed by an question mark
• Connects words, clauses, phrases, sentences
• Shows relationship to a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "where" and "when"
• Expresses strong feelings, followed by an exclamation mark

A conjunction...

• Connects things
• Connects words, clauses, phrases, sentences
• Connects adverbs
• Connects adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

What is an adjective?

• Describes or modifies a verb; "What kind?" "Which one?" "How many?"
• Describes or modifies a noun; "What kind?" "When?" "How many?"
• Describes or modifies a noun; "What kind?" "Which one?" "How many?"
• Describes or modifies a noun; "What kind?" "Which one?" "Where?"

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is a preposition?

• Shows relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "what kind" and "when"
• Shows relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "where" and "when"
• Shows relationship of an adjective to another word in a sentence, often "when" and "where"
• Shows relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "where" and "how many"

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Select the correct examples of pronouns:

• I, we, they
• They, it, Shannon
• He, she, crowd
• Them, it, where

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1A