Parts of Speech

Question 1

Word that names a person, place, thing or idea.

Answer 1

Noun

Examples: Finesse, education, school, New York, teacher, ect.

Helpful reminder: The _______

Question 2

Words used in place of a noun

Answer 2

Pronoun

Examples: I, her, him, that, it, these, she he, ect.

Question 3

A word that describes or gives information about a noun or pronoun

Answer 3

Adjective

Examples: Colorful, odious, incessant, joyful, loud, ect.

Helpful reminder: The ____ truck

Question 4

A word that shoes action or state of being

Answer 4

Verb

Examples: Talk, jump, run, are, is, am, ect.

Question 5

Word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb, and tells where, when, how, or to what extent.

Answer 5

Adverb

Examples: Slowly, carefully, ect.

Helpful reminder: Often ends in -ly

Question 6

Shows the relationship of the noun/pronoun to another word

Answer 6

Preposition

Examples: To, over, under, at, ect.

Helpful reminder: The squirrel ran _____ the tree

Question 7

A word that connects other words, groups, or sentences.

Answer 7

Conjunction

Examples: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, ect.

Question 8

A word that expresses surprise or strong feeling.

Separate from sentence

Answer 8

Interjection

Examples: “Wow!”; “Hey!”; ect.