Parts of Speech & Grammar 5/7/21

Parts of Speech: What is a noun?

• a word that describes a noun

• person, place, thing, or animal

• an action word

Parts of Speech: What is a verb?

• a word that describes a noun

• person, place, thing, or animal

• an action word

Parts of Speech: What is a adjective?

• a word that describes a noun

• person, place, thing, or animal

• an action word

Parts of Speech: What is a adverb?

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that describes a verb

• an action word

Parts of Speech: What is a pronoun?

• replaces a noun

• a word that describes a verb

• an action word

Parts of Speech: What is a preposition?

• replaces a noun

• a word that shows a connection between a noun and some other word

• an action word

Parts of Speech: What is a conjunction?

• replaces a noun

• a word that shows a connection between a noun and some other word

• a word that joins together words, phrases, or parts of sentences

Word study: The kids squirmed through the whole movie. They could not stop moving!

Which word in the sentences help you understand the meaning of the word squirmed?

• moving

• movie

• kids

Word study: He was terrified of the clowns at the circus. He had nightmares for a week.

Which word in the sentences help you understand the meaning of the word terrified?

• nightmares

• week

• clowns

Word study: The librarian told us not to talk. We must be silent in the library.

Which word in the sentences help you understand the meaning of the word silent?

• librarian

• not talk

• must