Parts of Speech

Adjectives modify or describe

• nouns and pronouns.

• only other adjectives.

• adverbs and verbs.

• I don't think we learned this.

Adverbs modify

• only nouns and pronouns.

• verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

• adverbs ONLY end in -ly.

• Adverbs don't exist. 😑

Prepositions are words that describe the position of an object. They show realtionships between words.

• True

• False

Conjunctions are words that

• join or connect phrases.

• show emotion.

• are not used often.

• replace the name of person or place.

Interjections add

• emotion.

• connect words and phrases.

• modifies nouns and pronouns.

• describes verb.

Verbs express

• an action or state of being.

• a person, place, thing or idea.

• a description.

• connections in sentences.

A noun identifies a person, a place, thing, or idea.

• True

• False

Pronouns take the place of verbs.

• True

• False

Wow! You are doing a great job.

• "Wow" is an example of an interjection

• "Wow" is an example of a conjunction

• "Great" is an example of a verb

• "Great" is an example of a pronoun

Gary Paulsen writes stories about dogs.

• "About" is an example of a preposition.

• "About" is an example of a noun.

• "Writes" is an example of a noun.

• "Writes" is an example of a adverb.