parts of speech

A NOUN is:

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A describing word

• An action or state of being

• A word that connects two things

A VERB is:

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A describing word

• An action or state of being

• A word that connects two things

An ADJECTIVE is:

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that describes a noun

• An action or state of being

• A word that describe a verb

An ADVERB is:

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that describes a noun

• An action or state of being

• A word that describes a verb

A PRONOUN is:

• A word that describes a noun (sparkly shoes, little house)

• A word that replaces or refers to a noun (I, you, they)

• A word that connects two things (or, so, but)

• An action or state of being (ran, was)

A CONJUNCTION is:

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A describing word

• An action or state of being

• A word that connects two things

Which words from the sentence below are nouns?

Amy and Omar waited for the bright yellow school bus with their backpacks.

• Amy

• and

• waited

• backpacks

• bright

Which words from the following sentence are adjectives?

The bright sunshine filled her with a happy, fluffy feeling

• Bright

• Sunshine

• Fluffy

• Happy

• Filled

Which words from the sentence below are verbs?

Because they were scared, they ran and hid behind the big oak desk.

• Because

• Were

• Scared

• Ran

• Hid

Which words from the sentence below are adverbs?

The tall girl always ran swiftly and carefully by the woods.

• Ran

• Always

• Tall

• Swiftly

• Carefully