Parts of Speech

A preposition is...

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A word that describes (modifies) a noun

• A word that shows a relationship between two things

A noun is...

Underline the nouns

Answer explanation

Jim, Nat, and Carmen are people--therefore nouns.

Shrimp, lettuce, and the boardwalk are all things--therefore nouns.

They is a pronoun, which counts as a noun.

Love is an idea, which makes it a noun.

What makes a proper noun different than a regular noun?

Answer explanation

Proper nouns are the proper or formal name of a thing rather than a general name. Ex. "Jeff" instead of "cat." Proper nouns name a specific entity, not a group of things.

Ex. 2 "United States" vs. "country."

Proper nouns are also capitalized.

A verb is...

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• An action word

• Something Mr. Thomas made up

• A describing word

An adverb is a word that _________ a ____

A sernate is...

• A word that shows a relationship between two things

• Something Mr. Thomas made up

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that replaces a noun

Write the prepositions in the following sentence below: We went over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go!

Answer explanation

A preposition shows the relationship between two things, here it is position.

over shows where "we" and are relative to the "river"

through shows how "we" went relative to the "woods"

to shows where "we" went! "Grandmother's house."

Ziggy climbed the fence. In this sentence, climbed is a...

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

Select the answer that contains all the adjectives in the following sentence: A gray and purple lilac bush smells lovely in a cool, Spring evening.

• Gray, purple, lilac, lovely, cool, Spring

• Gray, lilac, smells, evening

• Gray, purple, lilac, cool, Spring

• lilac, lovely, Spring