Parts of Speech and Grammar

What is a noun?

• Person, place, or thing
• Person or thing
• Person, place, thing, or idea
• Just ideas

What is a verb?

• A person, place, thing or idea
• Describes an action
• Modifies a noun
• An action

What is a pronoun?

• An action
• Replaces a verb
• Replaces a noun
• Describes a noun

Select examples of a verb.

• Is, are, run
• House, home, walk
• Eat, create, hot
• Is, are, it

A conjunction...

• Connects things
• Connects words, clauses, phrases, sentences
• Connects adverbs
• Connects adjectives

What is an adjective?

• Describes or modifies a verb; "What kind?" "Which one?" "How many?"
• Describes or modifies a noun; "What kind?" "Which one?" "How many?"

What is a preposition?

• Shows action or states of being

• Shows the relationship (position) of a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "where" and "when"

• Connects words and phrases: for example and, or, yet, so, but

• Describes a noun or pronoun

Baby Groot enjoys dancing a lot.

• verb

• noun

The Incredibles battle evil villains.

• adverb

• adjective

He is strong.

• Pronoun
• Noun