Parts of Speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives)

A verb is an action word.

In this sentence, which word is the verb?

The car drove on the highway.

• drove

• car

• on

• the

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TEKS.ELA.1.3C

TEKS.ELA.1.3D

TEKS.ELA.K.10.D.II

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

A verb is an action word.

In this sentence, which word is the verb?

Lily ran to school.

• ran

• to

• Lily

• school

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TEKS.ELA.1.3C

TEKS.ELA.1.3D

TEKS.ELA.K.10.D.II

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

A verb is an action word.

In this sentence, which word is the verb?

I like to eat hamburgers.

• eat

• I

• hamburgers

• to

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TEKS.ELA.1.3C

TEKS.ELA.1.3D

TEKS.ELA.K.10.D.II

TEKS.ELA.K.3C

A proper noun names a person, place, or thing and begins with a capital letter.

In this sentence, which word is the proper noun?

I live in the state of Massachusetts.

• Massachusetts

• of

• live

• state

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TEKS.ELA.1.3D

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

A proper noun names a person, place, or thing and begins with a capital letter.

In this sentence, which word is the proper noun?

Sometimes Jack plays the piano.

• Jack

• Sometimes

• the

• plays

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TEKS.ELA.1.3D

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

A proper noun names a person, place, or thing and begins with a capital letter.

In this sentence, which word is the proper noun?

On Tuesday we will go to music class.

• Tuesday

• go

• class

• we

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TEKS.ELA.1.3D

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

An adjective is a word that describes a noun, which is a person, place, or thing.

In this sentence, which word is the adjective?

The brown bear ate the fish.

• brown

• fish

• ate

• the

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

An adjective is a word that describes a noun, which is a person, place, or thing.

In this sentence, which word is the adjective?

The funny girl made her friends laugh.

• funny

• made

• friends

• her

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IV

An adjective is a word that describes a noun, which is a person, place, or thing.

In this sentence, which word is the adjective?

The dog was very large!

• large

• dog

• The

• was

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

A common noun is a person, place, or thing.

In this sentence, which word is the common noun?

I love going to school!

• school

• to

• going

• love

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TEKS.ELA.1.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III