Parts of Speech

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The slender boy swiftly ran down the hallway.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

The word in red in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The polite girl opened the door for the teacher.

• verb

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

The words AND, BUT, YET, SO are called

• conjunctions

• prepositions

• adjectives

• adverbs

Which best describes what a noun is?

• A person or an animal

• A person or a thing

• A person, place and animal

• A person, place, thing or idea

Which set of words are pronouns?

• Wal-Mart, car, it

• H-E-B, cat, you

• blue, red, purple

• She, he, you

Which best describes a verb?

• a word that describes a color

• a word that expresses an action or a state of being

• a word that describes a number

• none of the above

This part of speech modifies a verb and often ends in “ly.”

• adverb

• adjective

• noun

• interjection

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

This part of speech connects two simple sentences.

• pronouns

• verbs

• adjectives

• conjunctions

Which best describes an adjective?

• person, place or thing

• a word that describes a noun or a pronoun

• an action word

• none of the above