Grammar: Parts of Speech

Adelayde and Alena sit at a lunch table with some NOISY boys.

• noun

• adverb

• preposition

• adjective

Jacob knows more about politics than anyone else in class because he watches the news ON his tablet.

• preposition

• adverb

• adjective

• conjunction

EEK! I saw a snake slither out of the bushes.

• verb

• adjective

• interjection

• preposition

Soren and Ryan drew pictures on the CHALKBOARD.

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

• adverb

Rayna and Jenny from the block went to Mitchell's for MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ice cream.

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• preposition

What is a noun?

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is a pronoun?

• The noun doing the action

• The action being done

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is an object?

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

• The noun NOT doing the action

• The action being done

What is a verb?

• A person, place, or thing

• An action word

• A formal/official name or title

• I, you, he, she, we, they, it, etc.

What is sometimes called a “be” verb?

• Linking verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Predicate