Pre-Activity: Parts of Speech

A person, place, thing, or idea is considered...

• A verb

• A noun

• an adjective

• an adverb

"She," "him," and "they" are examples of...

• Prepositions

• Adjectives

• Pronouns

What part of speech is the word "smooth" in the sentence "I was struck by a smooth criminal"?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Pronoun

• Interjection

What describes a noun?

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Conjunction

What part of speech modifies a verb?

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

• Transverbifier

A word that connects another word in a sentence is considered a...

• Conjunction

• Pronoun

• Conjunctivitis

• Conjoined word

When Velma exclaims, "Jinkies!," it is considered a...

• Conjunction

• Verb

• Adjective

• Interjection

An "action" word is a...

• Adverb

• Verb

• Noun

• Preposition

Which sentence contains two adjectives?

• The dizzy shark regretted eating breakfast.

• The dizzy shark instantly regretted eating breakfast.

• The dizzy shark instantly regretted eating a big breakfast.

• The shark instantly regretted eating breakfast

A preposition indicates direction, time, place, and/or location.

• True

• False