What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or activity?

Hint: Examples: dog, Rome, happiness, swimming

What part of speech takes the place of a noun?

Hint: Examples: he, she, it, they, we

What part of speech shows action or state of being?

Hint: Examples: run, think, is, was, become

What part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun?

Hint: Describes a noun: the TALL tree, a RED ball, THREE cats

What part of speech answers how, when, where, or to what extent?

Hint: Examples: quickly, very, yesterday, here

What part of speech shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word?

Hint: Examples: in, on, under, between, through

What part of speech joins words, phrases, or clauses?

Hint: Examples: and, but, or, so, because

What part of speech expresses strong feeling or emotion?

Hint: Examples: Wow! Ouch! Hey! Oh no!

Define a noun.

Hint: Think: dog, city, joy, running

Define a verb.

Hint: Think: run, is, think, become

Define an adjective.

Hint: Think: tall, red, three, beautiful

Define an adverb.

Hint: Think: slowly, very, always, here

Define a preposition.

Hint: Think: the book ON the table, IN the room

Define a conjunction.

Hint: Think: cats AND dogs, big BUT slow

Define an interjection.

Hint: Think: Wow! Ouch! Hooray!

Define a pronoun.

Hint: Think: he, she, it, they, we

Identify the adjective: "The brave soldier stood firm."

Hint: Which word describes the soldier?

In "Three horses crossed the field," what does the adjective Three tell about the horses?

Hint: Three counts the horses.

Identify the adjective: "Marcus read an ancient story."

Hint: Which word tells what kind of story?

In "a narrow road," what question does the adjective answer?

Hint: Narrow describes the kind of road

In "that shield," what question does the adjective answer?

Hint: That points to a particular shield

Which sentence uses "quick" as an adjective?

Hint: An adjective describes a noun

Identify the adjective: "The city was quiet."

Hint: A predicate adjective can come after a linking verb

What noun is described by the adjective phrase in "The banner torn by wind still flew"?

Hint: Ask what was torn by wind

Identify the noun: "Courage helped the soldier."

Hint: A noun can name an idea

Which word is the proper noun: "The city of Rome is ancient"?

Hint: A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing

Identify the noun that names an activity: "Swimming builds strength."

Hint: A noun can name an activity

Identify the adverb: "The students read quietly."

Hint: Which word tells how they read?

Which word is the interjection in "Oh, I understand now"?

Hint: The interjection is the mild expression at the start

Which sentence uses an interjection correctly?

Hint: A strong interjection can stand apart with an exclamation mark

What makes an interjection different from most other parts of speech?

Hint: It is a burst of feeling

Identify the adverb: "We will leave tomorrow."

Hint: Which word tells when?

Identify the word modified by very in: "The hill was very steep."

Hint: Very tells to what extent

Which word correctly completes the sentence: "The messenger ran ___"?

Hint: The word modifies ran

Which word joins the two equal ideas: "The road was long, but the travelers continued"?

Hint: It is one of the FANBOYS conjunctions

Which word begins the dependent clause: "Because it rained, the road was muddy"?

Hint: It makes the first clause depend on the second

Complete the correlative pair: "Either Marcus ___ Lucia will read aloud."

Hint: Either pairs with or

Which word is an abstract noun in "Courage helped the tired soldiers"?

Hint: An abstract noun names an idea you cannot touch

In "Swimming builds strength," why is Swimming a noun?

Hint: Ask what the sentence is about

Identify the interjection: "Oh! The race has begun."

Hint: An interjection expresses emotion

Which punctuation often follows a strong interjection?

Hint: Wow!

Which sentence uses a mild interjection correctly?

Hint: A mild interjection is set off with a comma

Which word is a collective noun?

Hint: It names a group as one thing

Which noun is abstract?

Hint: It names an idea, not something you can touch

Which word is the adverb in "The horse ran very swiftly"?

Hint: Which word tells how the horse ran?

What four questions do adverbs answer?