Grammar - Parts of Speech

What is the definition (job) of a noun?

• describe an action

• descriptive words for nouns

• words to describe a person, place or thing

• words to describe how something is done

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CCSS.RI.6.4

Which of these are examples of common nouns? (may be multiple answers)

• Sally, Billy and Olive

• girl, boy, and farm

• tree, birds, and teachers

• Captain America, Shazam, and Spiderman

Which of these are examples of proper nouns? (may have multiple answers)

• dogs, cats, and pigs

• spiders, antlers, and ladybugs

• Penelope, Mr. Parks, and Freedom Park

• your mom, a friend, and your favorite animal

Which of the following are examples of collective nouns? (may have multiple answers)

• army of ants

• Freedom Park

• Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School

• hive of bees

Which of the following are compound nouns? (may have multiple answers)

• rainfall

• haircut

• passer-by

• swimming pool

Which one of the following is NOT one of the four ways to identify a word as a noun (the noun signifiers)?

• check the dictionary

• look for ending sounds (ie. ion, ity, or ism)

• make an educated guess

• use the arithmetic method and divide it into smaller words

• you can modify with an indefinite article like a, this, those or that

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

What is the definition (job) of a pronoun?

• describes an action word

• a word that can function as a noun and refers to either the participant or thing that was mentioned elsewhere (ie, he, she, it, you or I)

• words to describe what a person, place or thing is doing

• words to describe how something works

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following are the antecedent and pronoun in the sentence:

Thomas made a cake and gave it to his grandmother.

• Thomas; his

• cake; it

• made; gave

• Thomas; grandmother

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CCSS.L.6.1D

A type of pronoun that shows contrasts of person, gender, number or case

• Personal

• Reflexive

• Interrogative

• Indefinite

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CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

A type of pronoun that shows the object of a sentence is also the subject of the sentence.

• Personal

• Reflexive

• Interrogative

• Indefinite

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1B