Download Parts of Speech Review

Parts of Speech
Review
Copy down the sentence. Label the
part of speech for each word.
1. My dog is smart.
2. I ran quickly to the store.
3. Yikes! I overslept and missed my test.
ANSWERS!!
n= noun
v= verb
prep= preposition
1. My
(pro.)
dog
(n.)
2. I
ran
(pro.) (v.)
pro= pronoun
adj= adjective
int= interjection
is
(v.)
adv= adverb
conj= conjunction
smart.
(adj.)
quickly to
the
(adv.) (prep.) (adj.)
store.
(n.)
3. Yikes!
I overslept and missed my test.
(Int.) (pro.) (v.)
(conj.) (v.)
(pro.) (n.)
NOUN
a person, place or thing
List people. (30 secs each)
List places.
List things.
Some Examples
people: teacher, acrobat, athlete, boy, friend, Mrs. Moylan,
Tom Brady, Greg
places: school, town, park, ocean, Needham High School,
Boston, Atlantic Ocean
things: yo-yo, grape, flower, cell phone, shoe, Slinky,
Coca-Cola, Band-Aid, Nike
Pronoun
a word used in place of a noun
Sentence without pronouns:
Mrs. Fanous would like the students to take out the students'
notebooks.
Rewrite this sentence replacing the nouns with pronouns.
Pronoun
a word used in place of a noun
Sentence without pronouns:
Mrs. Fanous would like the students to take out the students'
notebooks.
Rewrite this sentence replacing the nouns with pronouns.
I would like you to take out your notebooks.
Verb
a word that shows action or state of being
List action verbs (30 secs)
List "state of being" verbs (linking verbs) (30 secs)
Some Examples
Action Verbs:
"State of being"/Linking Verbs
write
flip
swim
yelp
screech
talk
dance
juggle
throw
sit
sleep
be:
I am...
You are...
She is...
become
seem
look
appear
feel
sound
smell
Adjective
a word used to describe (or modify) a noun
List adjectives (30 secs)
Some Examples
fluffy, scary, purple, long, bubbly, weak, democratic
Pick out the adjective(s) in the following sentences.
1. Sal likes old cars.
2. Jim found twenty dollars.
3. These clothes are cooler.
Some Examples
fluffy, scary, purple, long, bubbly, weak, democratic
Pick out the adjective(s) in the following sentences.
1. Sal likes old cars.
2. Jim found twenty dollars.
3. These clothes are cooler.
Adverb
describes and modifies a verb, an adjective, or
another adverb
an adverb answers the questions:
How?
When?
Where?
To What
Extent?
Secretly
Then
Nearby
Often
Quickly
Later
Underground
Deep
Sorrowfully
Afterwards
Here
Too
Hurriedly
Finally
There
Always
Some Examples
Pick out the adverb(s) in the following sentences.
1. My friend secretly sent me a text.
2. Finally, my boyfriend showed up.
3. I was too short to ride the roller coaster.
4. I was so happy that I had finished my homework so quickly.
Some Examples
Pick out the adverb(s) in the following sentences.
1. My friend secretly sent me a text.
2. Finally, my boyfriend showed up.
3. I was too short to ride the roller coaster.
4. I was so happy that I had finished my homework so quickly.
Preposition
shows the relationship between a noun and another
word in the sentence
Think about it this way: a preposition is anything a cat can do
with a box.
Some Examples
Pick out the preposition(s) in the following sentences.
1. The library will hold the book until tomorrow.
2. I hurried up the stairs and into the room.
3. I sat under the tree and thought about how much I love
English class.
Some Examples
Pick out the preposition(s) in the following sentences.
1. The library will hold the book until tomorrow.
2. I hurried up the stairs and into the room.
3. I sat under the tree and thought about how much I love
English class.
Conjunction
joins words or groups of words
Try to list the conjunctions that start with each of these letters.
F
A
N
B
O
Y
S
Conjunction
joins words or groups of words
Try to list the conjunctions that start with each of these letters.
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
"FANBOYS" are called coordinating conjunctions.
Interjection
shows emotion and is set apart from the rest of the
sentence
List interjections (30 sec)
Some Examples
Yikes! That spider is huge!
Phew! I made the bus.
Darn it! I banged my toe.
Great! We won!
Wow! That was a hard test.
Well, I'm not sure that I agree with you.