Parts of Speech

How many parts of speech are there in Standard American English?

• 4

• 7

• 8

• 10

A _______ is a word used to identify people, places, things, or ideas.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

A word that modifies an adjective, verb, or adverb.

• Conjunction

• Adjective

• Interjection

• Preposition

• Adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

A word that substitutes a noun or a noun phrase.

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Interjection

• Pronoun

• Noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

There are millions of gaseous bodies called stars.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Identify the VERB in the following sentence:

Gold melts at 1,063 degrees Centigrade.

• Gold

• Melts

• Degrees

• At

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Is, am, are, was, were, be, been, and being are examples of what part of speech?

• Interjection

• Adverb

• Verb

• Adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

Has, have, had, does, do, did, can, will, shall, could, would, should, must, may, and might are examples of what part of speech?

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Conjunction

• Preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

An ___________ modifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

A __________ is a word that shows the relation between two or more things. _____________ are positional words.

• Preposition(s)

• Conjunction(s)

• Interjection(s)

• Antidisestablishmentarianism

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E