Parts of Speech

A part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea is called 

• noun
• verb
• preposition
• adjective

A part of speech that takes the place of a noun is called

• verb

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun is called

• verb

• conjunction

• adjective

• adverb

A part of speech that shows ACTION is called

• pronoun

• noun

• verb

• adverb

What part of speech is the blue word?

He is strong.

• Pronoun

• Noun

What part of speech is the blue word?

Can you please take this book to the library?

• verb

• adverb

• noun

• adjective

What part of speech is the blue word?

The play that I went to watch was a comedy.

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Identify the NOUNS in this sentence: 
"Dad prefers basketball to baseball." 

• prefers 
• Dad, basketball, baseball 
• Dad
• basketball, baseball 

Identify the VERB in this sentence:
"Edgar Allan Poe wrote poems and stories." 

• wrote 
• Edgar Allan Poe 
• stories
• poems and stories 

Identify the VERBS in this sentence:
"Find and name the capital of your state." 

• capital 
• find 
• find, name
• state