Parts Of Speech

Question 1

What is a noun?

Answer 1

Definition- a word that names a person, place, or thing
Examples- finesse, education, school, New York, teacher
Reminder- the _____

Question 2

What is a pronoun?

Answer 2

Definition- a word used in place of a noun

Examples- I, her, him, he, she, that, it

Question 3

What is a adjective?

Answer 3

Definition- a word that describes or gives information about a noun or pronoun
Examples- colorful, odious, incessant, joyful, loud
Reminder- the ____ truck

Question 4

What is a verb?

Answer 4

Definition- a word that shows action or state of being
Examples- talk, jump, scream, run, is, am, are
Reminder- verbs change in the past, present, or future tense

Question 5

What is a adverb?

Answer 5

Definition- a word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb and tells where, when, how, or to what extent
Examples- slowly, carefully, incessantly
Reminder- often ends in “ly”

Question 6

What is a preposition?

Answer 6

Definition- shows the relationship of a noun or noun to another word
Examples- to, over, under, at, between, in
Reminder- the squirrel ran _____ the tree

Question 7

What is a conjunction?

Answer 7

Definition- a word that connects words, groups of words, or sentences
Examples- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 8

What is an interjection?

Answer 8

Definition- a word that expresses surprise or strong feeling. Separate from the sentence.
Examples- Wow! Hey!