Identifying Parts of Speech & Syntax and Diction

What is true about nouns?

• They can be concepts

• They are actions

• They can modify other nouns

• They modify adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is true about verbs?

• They modify adverbs

• They are person, places, things, ideas

• They include words like "is, am, was, were, has, have, had"

• They can be states of being

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

It is important to remember that the __________ and ___________ of the word in the sentence can change its part of speech.

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Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What is true about adjectives?

• They modify adverbs

• They modify nouns

• They modify adjectives

• They are actions

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is true about adverbs?

• They modify other adverbs

• They modify nouns

• They modify verbs

• They modify adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What part of speech is the underlined word?

I loved the show WandaVision so freaking much.

• Noun, because freaking is a person.

• Verb, because someone is freaking.

• Adverb, because it modifies the adjective "WandaVision"

• Adverb, because it modifies the adverb "much"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What part of speech is the underlined word?

Watching the show made me appreciate old television.

• noun, because I appreciate things

• verb, because it is an action

• adjective, because it modifies the adjective "old"

• adverb, because it modifies the noun "show"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

What part of speech is the underlined word?

It also reminds me that those old shows, like I Love Lucy, were sometimes awkward.

• noun, because it describes a person

• verb, because it is modifies the adjective "awkward"

• adjective, because it modifies the noun "shows"

• adverb, because it explains time.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What part of speech is underlined word below? I really thought that Hydra was the mastermind behind the whole thing!

• noun, because it is a thing

• verb, because it's an action

• adjective, because it modifies the noun "Hydra"

• adverb, because it modifies the verb "thought"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What part of speech is the underlined word?

My favorite easter eggs were the intriguing commercials.

• noun, because it modifies the noun "commercials"

• verb, because it is interesting

• adjective, because it is modifying the noun "commercials"

• adverb, because it is modifying the noun "Easter Eggs"

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E