Parts of Speech

Front

What is a verb?

Back

A verb is an action.

Front

What is an adjective?

Back

An adjective describes something.

Front

Identify the proper noun in this sentence: The children go to school in Leesville.

Back

Leesville is the proper noun.

Front

Identify the adverb in this sentence: The students were sitting in the room quietly.

Back

Quietly is the adverb.

Front

What is an adverb?

Back

An adverb modifies an adjective.

Front

What is a noun?

Back

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

Front

What is a pronoun?

Back

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Front

What is a conjunction?

Back

A conjunction connects words or groups of words.

Front

What is an interjection?

Back

An interjection is a word that expresses strong emotion.

Front

What is a preposition?

Back

A preposition shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence.