Parts of Speech

noun

• a person, place, or thing (cat, apple, doctor, school, child, etc.)

• an action word (run, jump, blink, smile, breathe, etc.)

•  a describing word (small, fat, skinny, blue, silly, etc.)

• more than one person, place, or thing; add -s or -es to the word (cat, apples, doctors, schools, children, etc.)

adjective

• a describing word (small, fat, skinny, blue, silly, etc.)

• an action word (run, jump, blink, smile, breathe, etc.)

• a non-specific person, place, or thing (cat, apple, doctor, school, child, etc.)

• more than one non-specific person, place, or thing; add -s or -es to the word (cat, apples, doctors, schools, children, etc.)

verb

• an action word (run, jump, blink, smile, breathe, etc.)

• a describing word (small, fat, skinny, blue, silly, etc.)

• a non-specific person, place, or thing (cat, apple, doctor, school, child, etc.)

• more than one non-specific person, place, or thing; add -s or -es to the word (cat, apples, doctors, schools, children, etc.)

plural noun

• more than one person, place, or thing; add -s or -es to the word (cat, apples, doctors, schools, children, etc.)

• a non-specific person, place, or thing (cat, apple, doctor, school, child, etc.)

• a describing word (small, fat, skinny, blue, silly, etc.)

• an action word (run, jump, blink, smile, breathe, etc.)

Which of the following words are an example of a verb?

• scoot

• red

• store

• horses

Which of the following words is an adjective?

• slimy

• hover

• teacher

• students

Which of the following words in a noun?

• pickle

• long

• hop

• lay

Which of the following words is a plural noun?

• candies

• dive

• kick

• strange

adverb

• a word that describes an adjective or verb (quietly, bravely, happily)

• a person, place, or thing (teacher, restaurant, chair, cat)

• more than one person, place, or thing (teachers, restaurants, chairs, cats)

• an action word (scoot, flip, breathe, sigh)

Which of the following words is an adverb?

• quickly

• cat

• jump

• write