Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Verbs Prepositional phrase adverbs Nouns Adjectives

2. A noun is. . . • a person

3. A noun is. . . a place

4. A noun is. . . a thing

5. An adjective is. . . a word that describes a noun

6. A verb is. . . a word that shows action

7. A verb is. . . a word that “helps” another verb Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, do, does, did, may, might, can, could, shall, should, must, ought

8. An adverb is. . . a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb Often ends in –ly Can be at the beginning, middle or end of a sentence

9. An adverb tells. . . where

10. An adverb tells. . . when

11. An adverb tells. . . why or to what extent • extremely • not • quite

12. An adverb tells. . . how quickly lazily gracefully

13. A preposition is. . . a word that shows the relationship to a noun on between in under

14. Can you pick out each part of speech in the following sentence? The large, black dog, quickly, ran across the field, today.

15. Let’s see if you got it right? adverb verb adverb noun The large, black dog, quickly, ran across the field, today. prepositional phrase adjectives