|
Part
of speech
|
Questions
to ask yourself
|
Examples
|
|
Noun
|
Does
the word name a person,
place or thing?
|
Jack
ate the hamburger
that was left on the plate.
|
|
Pronoun
|
Does
the word stand for a
noun?
|
Each
gets one
of these.
|
|
Verb
|
Does
the word tell what
someone or something
did?
Does
the word link a noun or
pronoun before it with a
noun or adjective that
follows?
|
She
bought
a pair of rollerskates.
He
is
smart.
|
|
Adjective
|
Does
the word tell what kind,
which one, how many or
how much?
|
Many
small,
light
packages arrived.
|
|
Adverb
|
Does
the word tell where,
when, in what manner or
to what extent?
|
Come
here!
You can look at that later.
He
wached very
closely.
We
are nearly
ready.
|
|
Preposition
|
Is
the word part of a
phrase that ends in a
noun or pronoun?
|
In
the morning she brushes
her teeth.
Stand
behind
them during the fire
drill.
|
|
Conjunction
|
Does
the word connect other
words in the sentence?
|
George
and
Tim ate.
They
will either
go or stay behind.
That
is as
it should be.
|
|
Interjection
|
Does
the word express feeling
or emotion?
|
Wow!
I didn't expect to see
you here.
I,
uh,
think you should leave.
Oh,
I didn't expect to hear
you say that.
|
|
|
Related
worksheets
|
|
|
Identifying
Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs
and Adjectives
|
Identifying
Adjectives, Adverbs,
Prepositions and
Conjunctions
|
Using
Interjections in
Sentences
|
