Parts of speech

What is a noun?

• something you do

• a person, place or thing

• a word that describes

What is a verb / predicate?

• a word that describes a verb

• a person, place or thing

• an action or something you can "do."

Which of the following words are pronouns?

• He, she, it

• dog, cow, duck

• above, below, under

• grumpy, silly, happy

Adjectives describe nouns. Which answer uses an adjective correctly?

• boy's dog

• sad boy

• under the couch

• and they left

Adverbs tell about or describe a ___________ ?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

Oftentimes, adverbs end in ______?

• ing

• end

• ly

A preposition can be described as something you can do "to the box." Select the answer that gives examples of words you can use as prepositions.

• under, over, in

• bike, store, cheetah

• happily, handsome

Conjunction, junction, what's your function? What does a conjunction do?

• They connect or join words and phrases.

• They tell about a preposition.

• They are descriptive words

When thinking about conjunctions, what is the importance of FANBOYS? What does the F stand for?

• Friday

• french fries

• for

An example of an adverb would be?

• quickly

• United States of America

• cafeteria

• riding a bicycle