Which of the following is a noun?

Those words were spoken by one of the great masters of the English language.

Which of the following is an adjective?

Those words were spoken by one of the great masters of the English language.

Which of the following is a preposition?

Those words were spoken by one of the great masters of the English language.

Which word is a conjunction?

Winston Churchill led the British people during World War II, and in those terrifying times, he rallied and comforted them.

Which word is an adverb?

Eager to prove themselves in battle, they willingly followed their leaders until the moment of death.

Which word is an noun?

Eager to prove themselves in battle, they willingly followed their leaders until the moment of death.

Which word is a pronoun?

Eager to prove themselves in battle, they willingly followed their leaders until the moment of death.

Which group of words is NOT a prepositional phrase?

Eager to prove themselves in battle, they willingly followed their leaders until the moment of death.

Mark all the adjectives:

These fierce people lived on the coastlands of northern Europe, but they desired new and better lands

Mark all the conjunctions:

These fierce people lived on the coastlands of northern Europe, but they desired new and better lands

Which word is a pronoun?

These fierce people lived on the coastlands of northern Europe, but they desired new and better lands

Which two words make up a subordinating conjunction?

Many historians believe King Arthur really existed even though the details of his life are unknown.

Which words are verbs?

Many historians believe King Arthur really existed even though the details of his life are unknown.

Which word is an adverb?

Many historians believe King Arthur really existed even though the details of his life are unknown.

Which questions do adjectives answer?

What kind of words do adjectives modify?

What questions do adverbs answer?

What words do adverbs modify?

Prepositional phrases can act like

Which of the following are FANBOYS or coordinating conjunctions?

What are the state of being verbs in this sentence?

Most of the words used by speakers of Old English have not been passed down to us.

Which words are prepositions?

Most of the words used by speakers of Old English have not been passed down to us.

Which words are nouns? Wealthy families in Britain had been accustomed to elegant living quarters.

Which words are adjectives? Wealthy families in Britain had been accustomed to elegant living quarters.

What is the verb phrase? Wealthy families in Britain had been accustomed to elegant living quarters.

Which word is an adverb?

Life was especially hard for the people at the bottom of Anglo-Saxon society.

Which word is a noun?

Life was especially hard for the people at the bottom of Anglo-Saxon society.

This part of speech is glue that holds words, phrases, and clauses together:

This part of speech shows action:

This part of speech describes a person, place, or thing (including ideas and feelings):

This part of speech joins together a subordinate or dependent clause and an independent clause:

This part of speech takes the place of a noun:

This part of speech shows a relationship between words, it has to be followed by a noun or pronoun, it often shows time and location, and its phrases usually act like adjectives and adverbs:

Which word is a pronoun?

Luckily, he was already experienced in war.

Which word is a noun?

Luckily, he was already experienced in war.

Which word is an adjective?

Luckily, he was already experienced in war.

Which word is a preposition?

Luckily, he was already experienced in war.

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

Alfred knew that the Danes never gave up easily.

Which word is a state of being verb?

As the Danes became speakers of Old English, they made other changes to its grammar.

Which word is a state of being verb?

The skies were literally not clear.

Which word is an action verb?

William started by confiscating all of the property of any Englishman who had fought on Harold's side at Hastings.

Which word is an action verb?

The Norman kings believed they were entitled to all the forests of England.

Which is the verb phrase?

Members of the ruling class may have been slow to pick up English, but the English people who served them began to pick up French.

Which is a prepositional phrase?

Members of the ruling class may have been slow to pick up English, but the English people who served them began to pick up French.

Which are nouns?

Another force worked to make English the language of the land?

Which are verbs?

French words began to flood into English.

Which are pronouns?

More than seven thousand of those are still with us today.

Which is an adjective?

More than seven thousand of those are still with us today.

Which are the pronouns?

When he wrote his plays, he considered his actors and his audiences, but not posterity.

Which are the conjunctions?

When he wrote his plays, he considered his actors and his audiences, but not posterity.

Which are the conjunctions?

Even if you have never seen a river horse or a whale horse up close, you probably know what water mammals look like.

What is the subordinating conjunction?

Because it has huge tusks, the whale horse was once known as the whale elephant.

What is the verb phrase?

English speakers have adapted that name to its present form: walrus.

Which are the adjectives?

English speakers have adapted that name to its present form: walrus.

Which are the prepositional phrases?

The bridge she used to travel to earth was a rainbow, and she was the goddess of the rainbow.

Which are the verbs?

The bridge she used to travel to earth was a rainbow, and she was the goddess of the rainbow.

Which is the adverb?

Engineers are justifiably proud of their derricks

Which is the adjective?

Engineers are justifiably proud of their derricks

Which are adjectives?

Two hundred years before their war with Sparta, the people of Athens tasted harsh and rigid rule.