Parts of Speech

Identify the COMMON NOUN(s) in the following sentence: "When Elaine knocked those kids down the stairs, the line outside the Nurse Anna's office stretched halfway to the cafeteria."

• down

• stairs

• stretched

• cafeteria

A verb is a(n)..........

• describes a verb

• describes a noun

• an action word

• a person, place, or thing

Identify the COMMON NOUN(s) in the sentence: Barnstorm plops himself down on the floor next to Aldo and one of his crutches whacks the red-haired boy in the side of the head.

• Barnstorm

• plops

• floor

• crutches

Identify the COMMON NOUN

• pencil

• blue

• throw

• jump

They attended the concert last weekend.

• noun

• verb

• conjunction

• adverb

• pronoun

Several cats ran into Rob’s garage.

• conjunction

• noun

• article

• verb

• pronoun

The truck driver delivered the packages quickly.

• interjection

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

• noun

Fast runners won all the awards at the track meet.

• verb

• adjective

• interjection

• preposition

• conjunction

My friends and I walked home after school.

• article

• pronoun

• preposition

• adverb

• verb

I wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday.

• adverb

• A noun

• conjunction

• interjection

• article