Parts of Speech Nouns Verbs Adjectives Prepositions Pronouns

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

• noun
• verb
• preposition
• adjective

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

• verb
• conjunction
• adjective
• adverb

A part of speech that shows action or state of being is called

• pronoun
• noun
• verb
• adverb

A part of speech that describes (modifies) a verb, adjective, or adverb is called

• noun
• verb
• adjective
• adverb

The words is, was, were, be, will are 

• linking verbs
• action verbs
• adverbs
• prepositions

Hey! You broke my new pencil!

• Article
• Adverb
• Adjective
• Preposition

Hey! You broke my new pencil!

• Adjective
• Article
• Adverb
• Verb

What is the verb in the following sentence? The eagle flies at midnight over the harvest moon.

• eagle
• flies
• at midnight
• harvest

What is the adjective in the following sentence? The lazy dog sleeps all day long. 

• dog
• sleeps
• all day long
• lazy

What is the adverb in the following sentence? We ran quickly across the field.

• quickly
• We
• across the field
• ran