Parts of Speech

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

a word that names a person, place, thing or idea

Ex. finesse, education, school, New York, teacher

Helpful reminder: the_____

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

a word used in place of a noun

Ex. I, her, him, it, that, these, she, he

Question 3

Adjective

Answer 3

a word that describes or gives info about a noun or pronoun

Ex. colorful, odious, incessant, joyful, loud

Helpful Reminder: the ______ truck

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

a word that shows action or state of being

Ex. talk, jump, scream, run, is, am, are

Helpful Reminder: verbs change when in the past present or future tense

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

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

Ex. slowly, carefully, incessantly

Helpful Reminder: often ends in “ly”

Question 6

Preposition

Answer 6

shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

Ex. to, over, at, between, in

Helpful Reminder: the squirrel ran _____ tree

Question 7

Conjunction

Answer 7

a word that connects words, groups of words, and sentences

Ex. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 8

Interjection

Answer 8

a word that expresses surprise or strong feelings seperate from the sentence

Ex. wow!, hey!