Parts of Speech

Which of the following is a noun?

• homework

• puzzled

• wrote

• difficult

An "action word" is another term for a(n)

• nound

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

In the sentence "Bill's teacher assigned seven math problems for homework.", what is the verb

• teacher

• assigned

• math

• problems

What is the relationship between nouns and adjectives?

• adjectives describe the actions that noun takes

• adjectives have nothing to do with nouns

• adjectives come before nouns in sentences

• adjectives describe the different qualities of nouns

In the sentence, "The red car sped quickly down the street," what is the adjective?

• red

• car

• quickly

• sped

In which of the following sentences is the word "skis" used as a verb?

• Time needs a new pair of skis.

• I bought a pair of skis on Sunday.

• Jill skis faster than Ben.

• How many skis do you have?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

In the sentence, "Jan strolls slowly down Main Street," what part of speech is the word "slowly?"

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

What might happen if you removed the adjectives from the sentence, "The large red dog slobbered all over Tim's baseball cards?"

• You wouldn't know whose baseball cards they were.

• You wouldn't know the size or color of the dog.

• You wouldn't know what the dog did.

• You wouldn't know that it was a dog doing the slobbering.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

How many nouns are there in the sentence, "Jill and Cali went shopping at the mall, and bought two new sweaters?"

• one

• two

• three

• four

What is the adverb in the sentence, "The ghoulish zombies looked hungrily at the elementary school students?"

• hungrily

• ghoulish

• elementary

• zombies