Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs

What can nouns name?

• People, places and emotions

• What colour the walls are

• What I feel like eating

• What Mr Walker is thinking (Hmmmmmmmm)

Verbs describe

• People, places and emotions

• Colours

• How to tie your shoe laces

• Actions such as jump, fly and attack

Adjectives have the ability to transform

• Metal into gold

• Mr Walker into a millionaire

• Nouns

• Verbs

Adverbs transform

• Verbs into small cute dogs

• Verbs

• Nouns into verbs

• Verbs into adjectives

Which of the following is not a noun?

• person
• place
• action
• thing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.K.1B

What are the nouns in this sentence? Remember nouns name places, people and emotions.

At the park were many ducks.

• park, ducks

• park, there

• there, were

• many, ducks

What is the action verb in the sentence?
My mother carried the platter.

• My
• mother
• carried
• platter

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is the verb in this sentence?

Nate ran quickly in the hallway.

• He

• ran

• quickly

Identify the verb:

Brandon slept quietly in class.

• quietly

• slept

• class

Identify the adjective: 
This old computer is dirty.

• This
• old
• computer

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B