Parts of speech

What is a noun?

• A noun is a naming word for people, places, things an ideas.

• A noun replaces a pronoun .

Which noun is a common noun?

• Fido

• Dr. Martinez

• dog

• Italy

Which nouns are abstract nouns?

• Happiness

• Love

• Table

• Power

What is a collective noun?

What is a pronoun?

• It replaces the verb in a sentence

• It takes the place of a noun in a sentence

• It describes an adjective

Complete the following sentence with the right pronoun: Maria is a nice girl. She always wants to help _____ friends.

His, her, its, mine, our are ______________ pronouns.

• Personal pronouns

• Reflexive pronouns

• Possesive pronouns

• Reciprocal pronouns

Carlos likes to play baseball. ______ plays every Monday night with _______ family. _______ always get an ice cream after the match.

• He, her, he

• It, his, them

• He, his, they

• He, his, them

What is an adverb?

• An adverb describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb

• An adverb describes a pronoun

• An adverb takes the place of a verb in a sentence

What is the adverb in the following sentence?

I always do my homework in the kitchen.

• Do

• Homework

• in

• Always

• Kitchen