Words used as nouns, adjectives, or verbs

What part of speech gives more information about people, places, things, and ideas?

What part of speech names persons, places, things, and ideas?

Is the word highlighted in red being used as a noun, adjective, or verb in the following sentence?

The army will station me at Fort Bragg this coming year.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Is the word highlighted in red being used as a noun, adjective, or verb in the following sentence?

I used my personal stationary to write an old-fashioned letter to my girlfriend.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Is the word highlighted in red being used as a noun, adjective, or verb in the following sentence?

My favorite television station is the Food Network.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Is the word highlighted in red being used as a noun, adjective, or verb in the following sentence?

I cut out the Mickey Mouse ears and glued them on the hat I made for Kindergarten.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Is the word highlighted in red being used as a noun, adjective, or verb in the following sentence?

A kiss from Poison Ivy would result in a deadly end to Batman.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Are the words highlighted in red and blue being used as nouns, adjectives, or verbs in the following sentence?

We usually test the teacher to see if we can get out of taking the test.

• noun, adjective

• adjective, verb

• verb, adjective

• verb, noun

Are the words highlighted in red and blue being used as nouns, adjectives, or verbs in the following sentence?

It was a mystery to us what the mystery meat could actually be made of.

• noun, adjective

• adjective, adjective

• verb, adjective

• verb, noun

• noun, verb

Are the words highlighted in red, blue, and green being used as nouns, adjectives, or verbs in the following sentence?

The car's shiny exterior shone from a mile away due to the bright sunshine.

• noun, adjective, verb

• noun, verb, adjective

• adjective, verb, noun

• adjective, verb, adjective