Grammar (Parts of Speech) Review

What is a noun?

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is a subject?

• The noun doing the action

• The action being done

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is a proper noun?

• The noun doing the action

• The action being done

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is a pronoun?

• The noun doing the action

• The action being done

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is an object?

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

• The noun NOT doing the action

• The action being done

What is a verb?

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is sometimes called a “be” verb?

• Linking verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Predicate

What is an adjective?

• Describes any noun

• Describes a verb

• Only describes a subject

• Only describes an object

What is the common definition of an adverb?

• Describes any noun

• Describes a verb

• Only describes a subject

• Only describes an object

What else can an adverb describe?

• Describes any noun

• Only describes a subject

• Only describes an object

• Describes a an adjective