Parts of Speech

Match the part of speech with it's definition.

• person, place, thing, or idea

• verb

• word used to describe a verb

  (-ly)

• preposition

• describes when or where something is

• adjective

• word used to describe a noun

• adverb

• an action or state of being

• noun

Identify the common noun in the following sentence:

Murphy enjoys sleeping in his doghouse.

• sleeping

• Murphy
• his

• doghouse

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the proper noun in the following sentence:

Murphy enjoys sleeping in his doghouse.

• enjoys

• Murphy
• his

• doghouse

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:

Murphy enjoys sleeping in his doghouse.

• enjoys

• Murphy
• his

• doghouse

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is a conjunction?

• A conjunction is a word that connects clauses or sentences.
• A conjunction is a word that describes an action.
• A conjunction is a type of punctuation mark.
• A conjunction is a synonym for a noun.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which pronoun ("I" or "me") would go in the blank below?

Murphy and _________ enjoyed a nice walk to the dog park.

(a)   ​

• I
• me

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which pronoun ("I" or "me") would go in the blank below?

The teacher should have told my friend and _______ that the due date was pushed back.

(a)  

• me
• I

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which conjunction fits best in the following sentence?

I wanted to turn the assignment in on time, _______ my dog ate my homework.

• and

• but

• because

• so

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What is the verb in the following sentence?

I tripped down the stairs this morning.

• tripped
• stairs
• morning
• this

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the preposition in the following sentence?

I tripped down the stairs this morning.

• down

• tripped

• morning

• this

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E