Parts of Speech

An adjective is _______.

• a word that adds to, or describes, a noun or pronoun

• a word that adds to, or describes, a verb

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• an action

A verb is __________.

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• an action

• a word that adds to, or describes, a noun

• a word that adds to, or describes, an action

A noun is ____________.

• an action

• a word that adds to, or describes, an action

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that adds to, or describes, a noun

An adverb is ________.

• a word that adds to, or describes, an action (verb)

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that adds to, or describes, a noun

• an action

What is a base word?

• an affix added to the end of a base word that changes the meaning

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that can stand on its own before attaching any affix

• an affix added to the start of the word that changes the meaning

What is a root?

• an affix always added to the end of a word

• A word that can stand on its own without any extra word parts

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• The most basic part of word that gives the word its meaning

What does part of speech mean?

• the grammatical category of a word, such as a noun or verb

• a word that names an action

• a word that adds to, or describes, a noun

• a word that can stand on its own without adding any affixes

Identify the adjective in the sentence:

I decided to take notes in the red notebook.

• red

• decided

• notes

• notebook

Identify a noun in the sentence:

Sheila wanted to walk to the park because it was a sunny day.

• sunny

• wanted

• to walk

• Sheila

Identify the adverb in the sentence:

They quickly ran to the car after it started raining.

• ran

• after

• they

• quickly