Parts of Speech
Which of the following is a NOUN?
Ms. Smith
The mouse scuttled under the [couch].
Noun
I [went to the store.]
Predicate
I crawled [inside] the vent.
Preposition
The mouse scuttled [under] the couch.
Preposition
[He] stared at the towering monolith.
Pronoun
[She] went to the store.
Pronoun
Which of the following is a VERB?
Read
The main noun of a sentence WITHOUT the added details is the _____.
Simple subject
Which of the following is an ADJECTIVE?
Strong
The [small mouse] scuttled under the couch.
Subject
The ___ is the main noun in the sentence.
Subject
[I] went to get some water.
Subject
_____ is the person/place/thing/idea that does the action.
Subject
What is an INFINITIVE?
TO + verb
What is a predicate?
The action of a sentence
The mouse [scuttled] under the couch.
Verb
You'll always find a _____ in a predicate.
Verb
Does every sentence have AT LEAST one verb?
Yes
Can a sentence have MORE THAN one verb?
Yup
What is the SUBJECT: "A green parrot sat on my shoulder."
a green parrot
What is the SIMPLE PREDICATE: "The little girl ate a chocolate cupcake."
ate
What is the PREDICATE: "The little girl ate a chocolate cupcake."
ate a chocolate cupcake
What is the PREDICATE: "My friend Leah ate two apples."
ate two apples
What is the SIMPLE PREDICATE: "The brave knight attacked the evil dragon."
attacked
What is the PREDICATE: "The brave knight attacked the evil dragon."
attacked the evil dragon
What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT: "The yellow car zoomed down the highway."
car
What is the NON-HELPING VERB: "The dog is coming for us!"
coming
What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT: "The little girl ate a chocolate cupcake."
girl
What is the HELPING VERB: "Lebron James has been playing in the NBA since 2003."
has been
What is the VERB PHRASE: "Lebron James has been playing in the NBA since 2003."
has been playing
What is the HELPING VERB: "The dog is coming for us!"
is
What is the VERB PHRASE: "The dog is coming for us!"
is coming
What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT: "The brave knight attacked the evil dragon."
knight
What is the SUBJECT: "My team won the hula hoop contest."
my team
What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT: "A green parrot sat on my shoulder."
parrot
What is the NON-HELPING VERB: "Lebron James has been playing in the NBA since 2003."
playing
What is the SIMPLE PREDICATE: "A green parrot sat on my shoulder."
sat
What is the PREDICATE: "A green parrot sat on my shoulder."
sat on my shoulder
What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT: "My team won the hula hoop contest."
team
What is the SUBJECT: "The brave knight attacked the evil dragon."
the brave knight
What is the SUBJECT: "The little girl ate a chocolate cupcake."
the little girl
What is the SUBJECT: "The yellow car zoomed down the highway."
the yellow car
Which of the following is a SPLIT INFINITIVE?
to happily eat
What does it mean to SPLIT AN INFINITIVE?
to put a word between "to" and the verb
Which of the following has an INFINITIVE?
to read
What do you need in a VERB PHRASE (pick 2)?
verb
What are the NON-HELPING VERBS: "Marcy was walking down 4th street, talking on her phone, and drinking coffee."
walking, talking, and drinking
What is the HELPING VERB: "Marcy was walking down 4th street, talking on her phone, and drinking coffee."
was
What is the HELPING VERB: "Tyler was writing his essay."
was
What is the VERB PHRASE: "Marcy was walking down 4th street, talking on her phone, and drinking coffee."
was walking, talking, and drinking
What is the VERB PHRASE: "Tyler was writing his essay."
was writing
What do HELPING VERBS show?
when things happen
What is the SIMPLE PREDICATE: "My team won the hula hoop contest."
won
What is the PREDICATE: "My team won the hula hoop contest."
won the hula hoop contest
What is the NON-HELPING VERB: "Tyler was writing his essay."
writing
What is the SIMPLE PREDICATE: "The yellow car zoomed down the highway."
zoomed
What is the PREDICATE: "The yellow car zoomed down the highway."
zoomed down the highway
Which of the following is a NOUN?
Grocery store
He looked out at the [blue] ocean
Adjective
[A] spider scuttled past me.
Adjective
He walked very [quickly].
Adverb
What is a verb?
An action word
Which of the following is a NOUN?
Cat
What is an adjective?
A describing word
What is a noun?
A person/place/thing/idea