Parts of Speech (NVAAP)

In the sentence below, which word is an action verb?

Molly gave Waylon a new pencil

• Molly

• New

• Gave

• Pencil

In the sentence below, which word is a proper noun?

The student-athletes got on the bus that was heading to Auburn.

• Student-athletes

• Auburn

• Heading

• Bus

Which words are nouns? Select all that apply.

• Building

• Flipped

• Anger

• Is

In the sentence below, which word is a concrete noun?

Reid loves to read books.

• Reid

• Loves

• Read

• To

Complete the definition:

Common Nouns refer to ____________.

• really rare actions.

• things we see every day.

• specific people or things.

• people or things in general

Which word is an abstract noun?

• Funny

• Painting

• Truth

• Zig-zag

In the sentence below, which word is an action verb?

Mr. Arritt threw the books out the window because they smelled bad.

• Mr. Arritt

• Smelled

• They

• Threw

These types of verbs show us that something exists.

• Action

• Helping

• Linking

• Ownership

Which word is an adjective?

• Sparkling

• Quickly

• Fish

• Chorus

Which words are adverbs? Select all that apply.

• Tremendous

• Accidently

• Hairy

• Never