Parts of Speech

What is a noun?

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• an action word

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that describes a verb

What is a verb?

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that describes a verb

• a word that describes a noun

• an action or "to be" word

What is an adjective?

• an action or "to be" word

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that describes a verb

What is an adverb?

• a person, place, thing or idea

• a word that describes a verb

• a word that describes a noun

• an action or "to be" word

Which word is a noun?

• cat

• talk

• to

• from

Which word is a verb?

• dog

• ran

• it

• I

Which word is an adjective?

• bird

• run

• green

• bag

Which word is an adverb?

• run

• fish

• silently

• go

How can you tell that a word is an adverb?

• It describes a verb

• It gives information about how much, how often, when, or where

• It describes an adjective

• It USUALLY ends in -ly

Which is a noun?

• sing

• also

• beautiful

• napkin