Parts of Speech Challenge

What is a noun?

• A specific type of adverb

• A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

• A type of verb

• A form of punctuation

Give an example of a verb.

• run

• jump

• sit

• apple

Describe an adjective.

• Fast

• Delicious

• Tall

• Beautiful

Provide an example of an adverb.

• blue

• apple

• quickly

• running

What is a pronoun?

• A form of punctuation used to separate items in a list

• A type of verb used to describe an action

• A type of adverb used to modify a verb

• A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse.

Can you give an example of a preposition?

• Example: The bird is inside the cage.

• Example: The book is on the table.

• Example: The cat is under the bed.

• Example: The dog is beside the tree.

Identify the noun in the following sentence: The cat is sleeping.

• is

• sleeping

• cat

• the

Find the verb in the sentence: She is running fast.

• is

• fast

• running

• she

What adjective can you use to describe the weather today?

• sunny

• spicy

• bumpy

• fuzzy

Identify the adverb in the sentence: He quickly finished his homework.

• quickly

• finished

• homework

• he