Parts of Speech

A person, place, thing, or idea

• Noun

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Adjective

An action word

• Potato

• Adverb

• Verb

• Preposition

Describes a verb, adverb, or adjective

• interjection

• adjective

• preposition

• adverb

A word that tells time, place, or position

• Interjection

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Adjective

A joining word

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Interjection

• Pronoun

Replaces a noun in a sentence

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Verb

• A rabid squirrel on steroids

A short, sudden expression of emotion

• A ham sandwich

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Interjection

Describes a person, place, thing, or idea

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Article

• Preposition

What is the adjective in the following sentence: "The dopey kid ran into the wall."

• ran

• dopey

• wall

• kid

Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "The hairy kumquat thought the magenta umbrella was lost into the void."

• magenta

• hairy

• into

• kumquat