Parts of Speech

What is a noun?

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

• A noun is a describing word.

• A noun is an action word.

• A noun is a word that describes a verb.

What is an adjective?

• An adjective is a person, place, or thing.

• An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

• An adjective is an action word.

• An adjective is a word that describes a verb.

What is a verb?

• A verb is a person, place, or thing.

• A verb describes a noun.

• A verb is an action word.

• A verb describes how an action is done.

What is an adverb?

• An adverb is a word that tells us how an action is being done.

• An adverb is a person, place, or thing.

• An adverb describes a noun.

• An adverb is an action word.

A pronoun replaces the name of a _____. (There are two answers!)

• person

• action

• thing

• verb

An interjection will usually always need a(n) ________ at the end.

• period

• quotation mark

• exclamation mark

• question mark

A conjunction is used to _______ two or more ideas.

• disconnect

• connect

• identify

• hide

Which of the words below is a preposition?

• under

• how

• because

• the

Identify the noun in the sentence: Cats are fluffy.

• Cats

• are

• fluffy

• There is no noun in the sentence

Identify the adjective in the sentence: He felt excited for the holidays.

• He

• felt

• excited

• holidays