Parts of speech

What is an adverb?

• A word that connects phrases and clauses
• A word that modifies verbs and some other parts of speech
• A word that modifies nouns and pronouns
• A word that is a person, place, thing, or idea 

What do pronouns replace?

• prepositions
• verbs
• nouns and noun phrases
• adjectives

Which part of speech expresses action or a state of being?

• adverb
• interjection
• preposition
• verb

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes nouns and pronouns
• An interrupting word
• A word that is a person, place, thing, or idea
• A word that connects phrases and clauses 

What part of speech would you use to describe where, when, or the direction in which something is going?

• conjunction
• preposition
• interjection
• pronoun

Read the sentence, and choose the noun. 
The scruffy dog barked loudly. 

• barked
• loudly
• dog
• scruffy

Read the sentence, and choose the conjunction. 
Hey, I got a bicycle and  scooter for me birthday!

• hey
• got
• bicycle
• and

Read the sentence. How would you rewrite it using a pronoun?
I walked up the hill to wait for Lily. 

• I walked up the hill to wait for her. 
• I walked down the hill to wait for Leslie. 
• I climbed up the hill to wait for Leslie. 
• I walked quickly up the hill to wait for Leslie. 

Choose the sentence where the verb is in blue. 

• Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
• Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
• Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
• Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice ream cone. 

What should you ALWAYS identify FIRST in a sentence?

• subject

• verb

• prepositions

• nouns