Entry Task- Eight parts of Speech- Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives 1

A noun can be all of the following EXCEPT

• a person

• an action

• a place

• an idea

An adjective could be used to describe all of the following EXCEPT

• Mr. Smith

• Carmichael Middle School

• happiness

• to read

A pronoun would be all of the following EXCEPT

• his

• she

• dog

• they

One reason you would use a pronoun instead of a noun would be

• to keep from repeating a noun too often.

• to describe an action happening.

• to describe the noun in a more interesting way

• to tell when, where, or how something is happening.

Which of the following could be an adjective?

• kindly

• run

• blue

• classes