Parts of Speech
What part of speech is hat? The hat blew off her head.
Noun - The hat is a thing.
What part of speech is the word telephone? We bought a new telephone because our old one was broken.
Noun - telephone is a thing. Nouns can be people, places, things, or ideas.
What part of speech are the words in the garage? I parked my car in the garage.
Prepositional Phrase - in the garage tells where I parked the car.
What part of speech is the word They? They came over to our house to watch the Super Bowl.
Pronoun - they is a word that takes the place of some people's names.
What part of speech is the word played? The children played in the sandbox.
action verb - It tells what the children did.
What part of speech is the word beautiful? Since it was such a beautiful day, my family decided to walk to the park.
adjective - It describes the noun day. It tells what kind of a day it was.
Direct Object
A direct object is a noun that receives the aciton of a verb. A direct object usually comes after the verb. A direct object answers the question, "What?" or "Whom?"
Helping/Main Verb
A helping/main verb helps the main verb of the sentence. The helping verb usually goes right before the main verb. was doing, am going, have finished, is frightened, were laughing, had gone
Linking Verb
A linking verb connects the subject of the sentence with the predicate. It explains what the subject of the sentence is. be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been
Noun
A noun is a person, place, thing or idea. boy, girl, Bob, Sally (person) school, park, San Diego (place) pencil, book, basketball (thing) love, joy, friendship (idea)
Preposition
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The book is on the table. The book is beneath the table. The book is leaning against the table. On, beneath, against are prepositions.
What part of speech is the word cut? The boy cut the grass with the lawnmower.
Action Verb - It tells what the boy did.
What part of speech is the word frozen? The frozen ice reached across the lake.
Adjective - It describes the ice.
What part of speech is the word green? The green lawn stretched out in front of the house.
Advective - green describes the house.
What part of speech is the word slowly? The old man slowly climbed the stairs.
Adverb - It describes how the man climbed the stairs.
What part of speech is the word harshly? He spoke harshly to the barking dog.
Adverb - harshly describes how he spoke to the dog.
What part of speech is the word skillfully? The hockey player skillfully skated down the ice.
Adverb - skillfully describes the verb (skated). It tells how the hockey player skated.
Action Verb
An action verb shows action. It explains what the subject of the sentence does. eat, ate, throw, threw, run, ran, write, wrote
Adjective
An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. large, tired, sleepy, excited, fast, bored, funny, new, hungry, electronic, small, blue, low, warm
Adverb
An adverb describes a verb or adjective. Many adverbs end in -ly. quickly, slowly, quietly, finally, safely, impatiently, recently, carefully
What part of speech is the word was? The restaurant was crowded.
Linking Verb - was connects the subject (the restaurant) with the predicate (crowded). It is a linking verb because it does not show action.
Prepositional Phrase
A prepositional phrase is group of words that tells where. on the table, to the park, near the fence, under the bed.
Pronoun
A pronoun takes the place of a noun. I, it, you, we, he, she, we, they, him, her, them
What part of speech is the word assignments? My teacher returned the assigments to the students.
Direct Object - Assigments is a noun that receives the action of the verb, so it is a direct object. What did the teacher return? Assignments
What part of speech is Allison? Susan spoke to Allison.
Direct Object - To whom did Susan speak? To Allison.
What part of speech is the word cookie? My friend gave me a cookie?
Direct Object - What did my friend give me? A cookie.
What part of speech is the word book? The author wrote the book.
Direct Object - What did the author write? The book.
What part of speech are the words was eating? I was eating a sandwich when the phone rang.
Helping/Main Verb - was is the helping verb, and eating is the main verb.