Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, and Preposition Phrases

a word that describes a noun. It usually comes before the noun

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

a word that describes verbs and adjectives. Usually ends in -ly and tells where, when or how

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

a person, place, thing or idea

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

a word that shows action, or links two parts of a sentence

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "A large fire was burning in the fireplace."

• adjectival prepositional phrase

• adverbial prepositional phrase

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "The spread of bees is occurring gradually."

• adjectival prepositional phrase

• adverbial prepositional phrase

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Which of these is a noun phrase in the sentence: “I still have the book that she gave me last week.”

• still have the book

• me last week

• the book that she gave me

• she gave me last

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The noun phrase in "Researchers have created a new cybersecurity defence approach" is

• Researchers have created

• A new cybersecurity defence approach

• created a new cybersecurity

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

shows direction, time, place and location; starts a phrase that gives extra information

• pronoun

• preposition

• conjunction

• interjection

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Examples: dog, Mrs. Wham, desk, justice

• verb

• noun

• article

• conjunction

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CCSS.L.1.1H