PARTS OF SPEECH

Define a Noun

• An action
• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that introduces a prepositional phrase

• Connects two grammatical items together

Define a verb

• An action

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• An emotional word that interrupts a sentence

• A word that takes the place of a noun

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which of the following does an adverb modify?

• Noun

• Verb

• Conjunction

• Preposition

What do adjectives modify?

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs

He throws the ball. He is what part of speech?

• Noun

• Verb

• Preposition

• Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.7.4A

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the championship, and we had a parade downtown. What part of speech is and?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Interjection

• Conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Wow! The Angels are going to the World Series! What part of speech is Wow?

• Interjection

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

The school smells funny. What part of speech is smells?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

The enormous bug scared the begebees out of me! What part of speech is enormous?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Pronoun

In the following sentence, which word is the preposition?

"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

• over

• ouch

• and

• his