Parts of Speech

A word that names a person. place, or thing

• verb

• noun

• adverb

• pronoun

Words that tell what someone is or does

• adverbs

• verbs

• adjectives

• pronouns

Words that are used to describe people, places, and things

• verbs

• pronouns

• adverbs

• adjectives

A word that takes the place of a noun or nouns

• adverb

• adjectives

• pronoun

• verb

These words tell where , when, or how something happens. They can tell more about verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.

• adverb

• proper noun

• verb

• adjective

Find the noun in this sentence.

Samantha likes to bake delicious cookies.

• cookies

• delicious

• like

• to

Find the adverb in the sentence.

The small kitten quickly ran around the room.

• small

• kitten

• quickly

• room

Find the pronoun.

Ryan gave the book to him.

• him

• Ryan

• gave

• the

Find the verb.

Max sang a song for the talent show.

• Max

• sang

• show

• song

Find the adjective.

The beautiful butterfly landed on her shoulder.

• her

• landed

• butterfly

• beautiful