ICC - Parts of Speech
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- These words name people, places, and things.
- Nouns
- These words take the place of the words that name people, places, and things.
- Pronouns
- "Action words" generally describe this part of speech.
- Verb
- Adjectives are words that describe what two kinds of words?
- Nouns and Pronouns
- Lowest, old, and funny are all examples of what kind of words?
- Adjectives
- Am, is, are, and was are all example of the verb ______.
- BE
- In the sentence, "I am sad"....the word sad is a(n)_______.
- Adjective
- These are words that describe adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.
- Adverbs
- Of, with, and for are short words that are knows as _______.
- Prepositions
- Joining words; like and, but, and or are called _______.
- Conjunctions
- The heart and core of written communication is the ______.
- Sentence
- The sentence is made what two parts?
- Subject and Verb
- In the sentence, "You do a great job." The word "You" is the what?
- Subject
- A clause is a group of words that have a ____ and a ____.
- Subject and Verb
- A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence is called an _______.
- Independent Clause
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Name the part of speech of the word in parentheses in this sentence:
Mary (went) to the store earlier. - Verb
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
(Johnny) is the only student in class. - Noun
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
I used to have a pretty (red) wagon. - Adjective
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
Joni is (short). - Adjective
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
The (faster) we ran, the quicker we got there. - Adverb
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
Bill (and) Mary walked to the store together. - Conjunction
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
I went to the store (with) my Dad. - Preposition
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
(she) is very smart. - Pronoun
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
(They) are not my friends. - Pronoun