Part of Speech

How many parts of speech are there in English?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

a word used to identify people, places, things, or ideas

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.1.1C

What is the noun in the sentence:

The road was wet and slippery.

• road

• wet

• was

• slippery

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CCSS.L.1.1B

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.1.1E

What is the verb in this sentence:

I can run a mile in 5 minutes.

• I

• run

• in

• minutes

a word that modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

What is the adverb in this sentence:

We compared the two reports carefully

• we

• compared

• reports

• carefully

words that are used to describe or provide more information about the noun or the subject in a sentence. For example: good, ugly, quick, beautiful, late, etc.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.1.1F

What is the adjective in this sentence:

The weather is pleasant today.

• The

• weather

• is

• pleasant

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CCSS.L.1.1F

I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.1.1F