Nouns• people • places• things• ideas (love, hate,

sympathy, peace)

• Who?

• What?

•Verbs

• Action “Doing” (laugh, whisper, stopping, created, etc.)

• Linking (is, was, were, am)

Adjectives• Describes nouns or

pronouns• a, an, the

• What kind?

• Which one?

• How many?

Adverbs• Modify a verb,

adjective, or adverbHe ran quickly.He was very fast.He ate very slowly.

• Where?• When?• How?

Prepositions• Usually a small word

that begins a phrase.

• A preposition phrase must have a direct object (noun).

over his head

on the table

near the computer

with anger

Conjunctions• Connects individual

words or groups of words.tall and beautiful

neither this nor thatHe studied because he needed good grades.

• and not only, but also• but although• or because• nor since• before so• yet whereas• either, or neither, nor

Quiz Question #1

• Read the sentence below and decide what part of speech each word is. Then click on each word to find out if you are correct.

• The brown fox jumped quickly over the lazy dog.

Nouns• people • places• things• ideas (love, hate,

sympathy, peace)

• Who?

• What?

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•Verbs

• Action “Doing” (laugh, whisper, stopping, created, etc.)

• Linking (is, was, were, am)

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Adjectives• Describes nouns or

pronouns• a, an, the

• What kind?

• Which one?

• How many?

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Adverbs• Modify a verb,

adjective, or adverbHe ran quickly.He was very fast.He ate very slowly.

• Where?• When?• How?

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Prepositions• Usually a small word

that begins a phrase.

• A preposition phrase must have a direct object (noun).

over his head

on the table

near the computer

with angerClick here to go back and try another

Conjunctions• Connects individual

words or groups of words.tall and beautiful

neither this nor thatHe studied because he needed good grades.

• and not only, but also• but although• or because• nor since• before so• yet whereas• either, or neither, nor

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