Parts of Speech Review

What is a noun?

• An action word or state of being.

• A person, place, or thing.

• A word that modifies a noun.

• A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

Identify the noun in the following sentence: 'John is going to the park.'

• 'going', because it describes an action or state of being.

• 'John' or 'park', because they refer to a person or a place.

• 'the', because it modifies a noun.

• 'to', because it modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

What are the nouns in the sentence below?

The front board was covered in magnets and words.

• front

• words

• board

• covered

• magnets

Tim walked over and waved at the tall giraffe.

Is Tim a proper or common noun?

• proper

• common

Tim walked over and waved at the tall giraffe.

Is giraffe a common or proper noun?

• proper

• common

What is a pronoun?

• a word that describes a noun

• a person, place, or thing

• an action word

• a word that replaces a noun

John found a note on the table, but he couldn't remember who it was from. Which word in the previous sentence is a pronoun?

• 'note'

• 'table'

• 'remember'

• 'he'

What is the pronoun in the sentence below?

She jumped on the trampoline all afternoon.

• She

• jumped

• on

• trampoline

• all

Type a conjunction that fits in the sentence below.

Jim ate the pizza, ________ Matt ate the salad.

What part of speech connects words, phrases, ,or sentences?

• article

• noun

• conjunction

• preposition