Exploring Parts of Speech in Sentences

Mrs. St. Louis from Rogers Elementary School presents a grammar lesson for third graders, focusing on adjectives and adverbs. The lesson reviews nouns and verbs, then explains how adjectives describe nouns and adverbs describe verbs. Examples and exercises help students understand these concepts. The lesson concludes with a summary and a preview of upcoming topics.

What are nouns used to name?

• Descriptions of things

• People, places, things, or ideas

• Actions and states

• Times and places

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What do verbs indicate?

• Descriptions

• Actions or states of being

• Colors and sizes

• Specific objects

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which of the following is an example of an adjective?

• Under

• Blue

• Because

• Quickly

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What question does an adjective answer about the noun it describes?

• What kind?

• Where?

• When?

• How?

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Choose the adjective in the sentence: 'The fluffy cat sat quietly.'

• Cat

• Quietly

• Sat

• Fluffy

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is the primary function of adverbs?

• To connect sentences

• To modify verbs

• To indicate action

• To describe nouns

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which word is an adverb in the sentence: 'She sings beautifully.'

• Sings

• None of the above

• She

• Beautifully

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Select the adverb in the following sentence: 'He quickly adjusted the settings.'

• Settings

• He

• Quickly

• Adjusted

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which of these is not a function of adverbs?

• Indicating the location of an action

• Telling when something happened

• Describing a noun

• Describing how an action is performed

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What type of word answers the questions 'where', 'when', and 'how' about verbs?

• Conjunction

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Pronoun

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CCSS.L.3.1A