Parts of Speech Part 1

Parts of Speech- Updated

Nouns- Overview

• A word for a person, place, thing, or idea

• Nouns can be proper or common. Proper nouns are always capitalized. Common nouns are not.

• Nouns can be singular or plural.

• Nouns can be concrete or abstract.

• Nouns can be compound.

• Nouns can be collective.

Nouns- Common or proper

• Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea. They are general. 

• Examples- school, shoes, city, restaurant

• Proper nouns name a particular person, place, thing, or idea. They are specific. They are always capitalized.

• Examples- I.C. Norcom, Nike, Portsmouth, Abuelo's

Multiple Choice

The Virgin Islands National Park on the island of St. John’s is an unusual park.

• proper

• common

Multiple Choice

People use snorkels or scuba gear in the park.

• proper

• common

Nouns- Singular or Plural

• Singular nouns mean one.

• Examples- book, man, tooth, goose

• Plural nouns mean more than one. Most plural nouns end in -s, but some are irregular.

• Examples- books, men, teeth, geese

Multiple Select

Check off all of the plural nouns.

• apple

• houses

• women

• children

• faith

Pronouns- Overview

• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. 

• There are many different types of pronouns. We'll focus on Personal and Indefinite.

• The antecedent is the word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun replaces. 

• Example- The driver forgot to turn on his headlights. 
  driver = antecedent, his = pronoun

Pronouns- Personal Pronouns

• Personal pronouns are the most common kind of pronoun and can be divided into three groups: first person, second person, and third person.

• First person- I, me, we, us

• Second person- you

• Third person- she, her, he, him, it, they, them

Multiple Select

Identify the personal pronouns in the sentence. Jack asked Marisa if she had seen his missing dog.

• Jack

• Marisa

• she

• his

• dog

Multiple Select

Identify the indefinite pronouns. The candidates themselves do not seem to think highly of each other.

• candidates

• themselves

• seem

• each

• other

Verbs- Overview

• Verbs express action or state of being

• There are main/linking and helping verbs.

Verbs- Main/Linking

• Main Verbs are action verbs or linking verbs.

• Action verbs- express action

• Examples- run, write, describe, exaggerate

• Linking verbs link the subject to information concerning its state of being.

• Examples- Mya is tired. My cats are happy. The test is an Algebra test. Devon turned green while riding the roller coaster. Marcus is the quarterback.

Multiple Choice

Identify the verb in the following sentence:

Every time she expresses her thoughts, we never know what to do.

• Every

• Thoughts

• Expresses

• Her

Multiple Select

Check off the main verb from the following sentence.

A number was stamped on these homemade plates.

• number

• was

• stamped

• on

• these

Adjectives

• An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

• Examples- beautiful, lovely, pink, tired, furry, scariest

• Sometimes an adjective can look like a noun. It depends on how it is used in a sentence.

• For example- silver

• Silver is a beautiful metal.- Noun

• That silver necklace is beautiful.- Adjective

Multiple Choice

In which sentence is the word camp used as an adjective.

A. The camp counselor told a scary story.

B. We arrived at the camp in late afternoon.

• A

• B

• Both

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective in the sentence

We watched the funniest TikTok ever.

• Watched

• TikTok

• Ever

• Funniest