Parts of Speech

Identify the part of speech of the word in Bold:

The flowers smell good.

• Verb

• Adverb

• Stative Verb

• Abstract noun

Answer explanation

Stative verbs provide more information about the subject of the sentence, rather than describe what the subject is doing.

The stative verb “smell” describes a characteristic of the subject “the flowers”.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the part of speech of the word in Bold:

I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

• Descriptive Adjective

• Abstract Noun

• Compound Adjective

• Reflexive Pronoun

Answer explanation

Descriptive adjectives describe nouns they add interest to the sentence. The word "beautiful" describes the "dress"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Identify the part of speech of the word in Bold:

What did she ask you to do?

• Reflexive pronoun

• Possessive pronoun

• Relative pronoun

• Personal pronoun

Answer explanation

Personal pronouns take the place of the noun. "she" replaces the noun.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Match the following words to their part of speech.

Match the numbers to the letters.

1. 1.India A. Common noun

2. 2.Friendship B. Proper noun

3. 3.A bowl of rice. C. Abstract noun

4. 4.Lawyer D. Collective noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the part of speech of the word in Bold:

If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

• Abstract noun

• Conjunction

• Adverb

• Collective noun

Answer explanation

Adverbs modify the verb. They tell us when, where or how something is done.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

Bought, jump, and sit are examples of....

• Stative verbs

• Verbs

• Abstract noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Write down 5 examples of Descriptive adjectives.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Identify the part of speech of the word in Bold:

Andy knocked on the door but nobody answered.

• Adverb

• Conjunction

• Compound Adjective

• Abstract noun

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Match the following words to their part of speech.

Match the numbers to the letters.

1. 1.Glittering A. Abstract noun

2. 2. Double-sided B. Compound adjective

3. 3.Beauty C. Stative verb

4. 4. Hope D. Descriptive adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Write a sentence using at least 4 different parts of speech we learned.