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Parts of Speech
How much to you know about Nouns,
Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs?
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NOUNS: WATCH THIS VIDEO!
Click in the black box to start the video.
While you are watching try to figure out what a noun is based on the
cartoon. You will have to answer questions after you finish viewing.
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What is a NOUN?
Nouns name persons, places, things,
or ideas.
Examples:
Persons: Mr. Johnson, mother, woman, Maria
Places: city, home, Texas, Canada
Things: house, ring, shoe, table, desk, month, light
Ideas: grief, democracy, courage, obedience
Concrete nouns can be touched. Abstract nouns (like
love, bitterness, happiness, or joking) cannot be
touched but are, nonetheless, still nouns because
they name entities.
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Noun Practice #1
After reading the following sentence, identify (from your choices below)
a noun.
Mrs. Tilley is reading the newspaper, and she doesn’t
understand why the news is so depressing.
Mrs. Tilley
reading
understand
depressing
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Pants!
Mrs. Tilley is a noun
(a person).
MOVING ON…
Not quite,
reading is a verb
(an action word)
Bummer, let me try again..
Not quite,
understand is a
verb (an action
word)
Bummer, let me try again..
Not quite,
depressing is an
adjective (a word
that describes a
noun)
Bummer, let me try again..
Noun Practice #2
After reading the following sentence, identify (from your
choices below) a noun.
Who left the smelly, moldy, green cheese in the
refrigerator?
smelly
left
cheese
in
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Cheese is a noun (a
thing).
MOVING ON…
Not quite,
smelly is an
adjective (a
descriptive
word)
Bummer, let me try again..
Not quite, left is
a verb (an
action word)
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Not quite, in is a
preposition.
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ADJECTIVES: WATCH THIS VIDEO!
Click in the black box to start the video.
While you are watching try to figure out what a verb is based on the
cartoon. You will have to answer questions after you finish viewing.
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What is an ADJECTIVE?
Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.
Possessive pronouns can be used as adjectives.
Example: That is his book.
Adjectives answer these questions about the noun:
WHAT KIND of noun is it?
WHICH noun is it?
HOW MANY of that noun are there?
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Adjective Practice #1
Which of the following phrases
do NOT include an adjective?
the quiet librarian worked hard
she swam backwards
teachers have high expectations
Red shoes are her favorite
Actually, high is
an adjective
describing the
noun,
expectations.
Bummer, let me try again..
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Pants!
(backwards is an
adverb not an
adjective)
MOVING ON…
Actually, quiet is
an adjective
describing the
noun, librarian.
Bummer, let me try again..
Nope, red is an
adjective
describing the
noun shoes.
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Adjective Practice #2
REMEMBER: Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.
Possessive pronouns can be used as adjectives. Example: That is his book.
Adjectives answer these questions about the noun:
WHAT KIND of noun is it?
WHICH noun is it?
HOW MANY of that noun are there?
In the following sentence, what is the NOUN that is being modified by the ADJECTIVE?
The angry student slammed the door dramatically.
door
dramatically
angry
student
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Pants!
(student is the noun
being modified by the
adjective, angry)
MOVING ON…
Actually, door is
a noun but
there is no
adjective that
modifies it.
Bummer, let me try again..
Not quite -dramatically is
an adverb that
modifies the
verb, slammed)
Bummer, let me try again..
Almost! Angry is
the adjective
modifying the
noun, student)
Bummer, let me try again..
VERBS: WATCH THIS VIDEO!
Click in the black box to start the video.
While you are watching try to figure out what a verb is based on the
cartoon. You will have to answer questions after you finish viewing.
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What is a VERB?
A verb is a word that expresses action, makes a
statement, or links relationships.
Action verbs do just that. They demonstrate action.
Examples: Jim hit the ball.
Susie cooked spaghetti.
Joey drove the tractor.
Linking verbs make statements OR they express links and relationships.
Examples, statements: She is a good girl.
He is a football player.
Examples, links/relationships: She is my mother.
That boy is my neighbor.
Linking verbs are on a special list. Here is that list:
Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has been, have been, had been, will be, shall be, may be, would
have been, should have been, can be, should be, would be (any combination that ENDS with be or
been.) seem, become, taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, grow, remain, stay
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VERB PRACTICE #1
After reading the following sentence, identify (from your choices below) the
verb.
The crazy biker rode in the middle of the lane,
and the truck barely missed him.
crazy
rode
the
lane
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Pants!
rode is a verb, you
also may have
noticed that missed is
a verb.
MOVING ON…
Not quite, crazy
is an adjective
describing biker.
Bummer, let me try again..
Not quite, the is
an article which
is a type of
noun.
Bummer, let me try again..
Not quite, lane is
a noun (a thing).
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VERB PRACTICE #2
Choose the following example where escape is
NOT used as a verb.
Escaping was difficult.
The fly escaped the wrath of the fly swatter.
Quick, he is escaping!
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Pants!
Here escape is a
noun.
MOVING ON…
Nope, escaped
is what the fly
DID making it a
verb.
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Nope, is
escaping is an
example of a
compound verb.
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ADVERBS: WATCH THIS VIDEO!
Click in the black box to start the video.
While you are watching try to figure out what an adverb is based on the
cartoon. You will have to answer questions after you finish viewing.
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What is an ADVERB?
Adverbs modify verbs. An adverb can also modify adjectives
and other adverbs.
Adverbs answer these questions:
WHERE?
WHEN?
HOW?
HOW OFTEN?
TO WHAT EXTENT?
Commonly used Adverbs:
Here, there, away, up -- tell WHERE
Now, then, later, soon, yesterday -- tell WHEN
Easily, quietly, slowly, quickly -- tell HOW
Never, always, often, seldom -- tell HOW OFTEN
Very, almost, too, so, really -- tell TO WHAT EXTENT
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ADVERB Practice #1
Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
I was too tired to argue with the obnoxious telemarketer.
was
argue
with
too
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Pants!
Here too is an
adverb modifying
the adjective tired.
MOVING ON…
Not quite, was is a
verb.
Bummer, let me try again..
Not quite, argue
is a verb.
Bummer, let me try again..
Nope, with is a
preposition.
Bummer, let me try again..
ADVERB Practice #2
An adverb can modify either a verb, adjective or
another adverb. In the following sentence identify
which word is the adverb is modifying?
The sleepy baby cried incessantly.
sleepy
baby
cried
incessantly
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Pants!
Cried is a verb
being modified by
the adverb
incessantly.
MOVING ON…
Not quite, sleepy
is an adjective
modifying baby.
Bummer, let me try again..
Shoot! Baby is a
noun.
Bummer, let me try again..
Nope,
incessantly is
the adverb,
which word is it
modifying?
Bummer, let me try again..
THE END!
Way to go – you finished
it! Now take a few
minutes to look over
your notes to make
sure that you
understand these
basic parts of speech,
we will be referring to
them for the rest of
the year!