Parts of Speech (Endeavor ELA 5th grade)

What is the past tense of the verb write?

• Wroten

• Wrote

• Write

• Writing

The following are all verbs except...

• Run

• Sleep

• Beautiful

• Strike

A verb is another word for adjective

• True

• False

Which of the following is an adjective?

• Fast

• Quickly

• Runner

• Run

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea. Is this correct?

• No

• Yes

What is a key difference between a proper noun and a common noun?

• A common noun starts with a capital letter, a proper noun doesn't.

• There are no differences between the two

• A proper noun starts with a capital letter, a common noun doesn't.

• Proper nouns are taken from Latin, common nouns come from the Greek language

An abstract noun denotes an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. The following are abstract nouns except...

• evil

• patience

• hope

• witch

A collective noun is a noun that denotes a group of people. Are family, band, assembly, crew and crowd all collective nouns?

• Yes

• No

The following are all common nouns except....

• Travis

• park

• car

• horse

Which of these adjectives is the best fit for the BLANK in this sentence:

What an [ ] situation! Are they always having a fight about every little thing?

• amazing

• annoying

• excellent

• boring