Tuesday, February 24

Periods 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
1. Parts-of-speech game

*grade will be made of the 20 questions on the handout PLUS the parts of speech for all 40 words on the wall

Noun: A noun is a person, place, thing, quality, or act (pencil, supermarket, happiness)

Verb: Verbs are action or existence words that tell what nouns do.
•Examples: to fly, to run, to be, jump, lived

Adjective: An adjective describes a noun.
•Examples: hairy, crazy, wonderful

Adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb. It often ends in "ly".
•Examples: carefully, easily, barely

Interjection: An outcry or sudden utterance. Usually starts a sentence (Wow, gosh, darn)

Preposition: Describes the relationship between noun, another noun, verb or adverb
•Examples: to, under, for, at, by, from

Conjunction: Joins together words, phrases, or clauses (and, or, but)
Pronoun: Replaces a noun or noun phrase that is understood from context (he, it, they)

DIRECTIONS: On a separate sheet of paper, write the correct word/s

1. WHAT WORD IS THE CONJUNCTION?
The lion moved quickly and silently through the tall grass.

2. WHAT WORD IS THE ADVERB?
The old woman moved very slowly through her apartment.

3. WHAT WORD IS THE ADJECTIVE?
Johann tiptoes to the refrigerator for a midnight snack.

4. WHAT WORD IS THE VERB?
We brought a compass to make our trip easier.

5. WHAT TWO WORDS ARE VERBS?
I can't wait until the picnic tomorrow.

6. WHAT WORDS ARE ADJECTIVES?
Yesterday, I rode my new red bike in the park across the street.

7. WHAT TWO WORDS ARE PRONOUNS?
He suddenly jumped off the couch and hit his head on the hard wall.

8. WHAT WORD IS THE VERB?
They ran quickly up the steep steps.

9. WHAT WORD IS THE PREPOSITION?
My parents saw a fierce tiger when they went to the zoo.

10. WHAT WORD IS THE PRONOUN?
The old woman moved very slowly through her apartment.

11. WHAT WORD IS THE PREPOSITION?
Vinyl records are larger than compact discs.

12. WHAT WORD IS THE NOUN?
I practice kicking a football everyday.

13. WHAT WORD IS THE PREPOSITION?
The brown cat lounges lazily in the sunny windowsill.

14. WHAT WORD IS THE VERB?
The mean boy throws his hat into the ocean.

15. WHAT WORD IS THE VERB?
Mom usually wakes me at seven.

16. WHAT WORDS ARE PREPOSITIONS?
Wow, that is a wild thing for Becky to do.

17. WHAT WORDS ARE ADJECTIVES?
I dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.

18. WHAT WORD IS THE PREPOSITION?
We had hamburgers and chocolate milkshakes for dinner.

19. WHAT WORDS ARE NOUNS?
We had hamburgers and chocolate milkshakes for dinner.

20. WHAT WORDS ARE NOUNS?
My barber uses sharp scissors to cut my hair.