Parts of Speech

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8th Grade

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Parts of Speech

Review for your test Friday 11/20!!

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The cat travels effortlessly along the muddy bank.

verb

noun

adverb

adjective

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

Yellow eyes stare brightly out.

verb

noun

adverb

adjective

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

An inky black shadow lurks between leafless alder trunks.

verb

noun

adjective

adverb

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

I skittered to the entrance.

verb

noun

adverb

pronoun

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

She unhitched her webbed harness.

verb

adjective

preposition

noun

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

A tentacle coiled around his ankles.

pronoun

noun

verb

adjective

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

Joe rested for a few minutes, breathing quietly.

noun

verb

adjective

adverb

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

verb

preposition

noun

adverb

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

verb

adjective

noun

adverb

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

adjective

preposition

adverb

noun

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The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

verb

noun

adjective

adverb

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(Interjection) No! I will never try that.

will

never

that

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(Interjection) Ah! The sun is so warm.

sun

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(Conjunction) He wants to buy the house, yet he knows it is too expensive.

yet

too

expensive

wants

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(Conjunction) I like peanuts and potato chips.

peanuts

chips

and

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(Verb) They overcharged me.

overcharged

They

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(Adverb) My sister answered the question intelligently.

sister

answered

question

intelligently

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(Adverb) The police officer ran fast.

police

officer

ran

fast

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(Adjective) Kind people are often rewarded.

often

rewarded

kind

are

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(Adjective) Older people tire more easily.

Older

people

tire

easily

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(Noun) She purchased the margarine with him.

purchased

with

him

margarine

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(Noun) Have you seen the eraser?

Have

you

seen

eraser

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(Pronoun) Can Jerry help him with the science project?

Jerry

science

him

help

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(Pronoun) Paul hopes that he will sing with the choir.

Paul

that

sing

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Andy knocked on the door BUT nobody answered.

adverb

adjective

conjunction

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I'm sure I've MET your girlfriend before.

verb

preposition

interjection

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I want to go to a UNIVERSITY in the United States.

adjective

preposition

noun

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On Saturdays I WORK from nine to five.

verb

preposition

adverb

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What did SHE ask you to do?

conjunction

preposition

pronoun

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I bought a BEAUTIFUL dress at the mall.

preposition

adjective

noun

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Examples: they, he, she, we

noun

preposition

interjection

pronoun

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In the following sentence, which word is the VERB?
The teacher helped the student with her difficult homework.

teacher

helped

with

difficult

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In the following sentence, which word is the ADJECTIVE?
We watched the colorful creatures swim through the dark water?

watched

through

dark

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In the following sentence, which word is the VERB?
Swiftly the sea lions surrounded Grandma and the girl.

sea lions

surrounded

and

Swiftly

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In the following sentence, which word is the ADVERB?
She looked carefully at the yellow fish.

SHE

LOOKED

CAREFULLY

FISH

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What is a noun?

Person, place, or thing

Person or thing

Person, place, thing, or idea

Just ideas

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What is a verb?

A person, place, thing or idea

Describes an action

Modifies a noun

An action

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What is a pronoun?

An action

Replaces a verb

Replaces a noun

Describes a noun

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Select examples of a verb.

Is, are, run

House, home, walk

Eat, create, hot

Is, are, it

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A conjunction...

Connects things

Connects words, clauses, phrases, sentences

Connects adverbs

Connects adjectives

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What is an adjective?

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

Describes or modifies a noun; "What kind?" "When?" "How many?"

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

Describes or modifies a noun; "What kind?" "Which one?" "Where?"

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What is a preposition?

Shows relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "what kind" and "when"

Shows relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "where" and "when"

Shows relationship of an adjective to another word in a sentence, often "when" and "where"

Shows relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word in a sentence, often "where" and "how many"

Multiple Choice

Baby Groot enjoys dancing a lot.

verb

noun

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The Incredibles battle evil villains.

adverb

adjective

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He is strong.

Pronoun

Noun

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Batman brings justice to Gotham City.

Adverb

Verb

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Pikachu is a yellow pokemon.

adjective- noun

adjective-adverb

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Choose an adjective you could add to describe the dog.

The dog ran away.

dirty

his

jumped

quickly

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Choose the sentence where the verb is underlined.

Blakely furiously read her interesting book.

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Read the sentence. How would you rewrite it using a PRONOUN?

I waited on the playground for Amber.

I waited on the cold playground for Amber.

I waited on the playground for her.

I patiently waited on the playground for Amber.

I ran to the playground to play with Amber.

Multiple Choice

Choose the conjunction.

I like pizza, but I like ice cream more

pizza

but

ice cream

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Choose the noun.

The angry teacher yelled loudly.

angry

teacher

yelled

loudly

Multiple Choice

What part of speech tells where or when something is going?

noun

interjection

preposition

pronoun

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What is an adverb?

a word that modifies a noun

a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb

a word that expresses an action

a word that replaces a noun

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What is an adjective?

a word that modifies a noun

a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb

a word that interrupts

a word that is a person, place, thing, or idea

Multiple Choice

What do pronouns replace?

nouns

verbs

interjections

adjectives

Multiple Choice

What part of speech expresses an ACTION or state of BEING?

noun

verb

adjective

pronoun

Parts of Speech

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