Parts of speech Practice and review

PARTS OF SPEECH PRACTICE AND

REVIEW6th Grade Language Arts

1. NOUNS A noun names a person, place, thing, or an idea.

NOUN PRACTICE: IDENTIFY THE NOUNS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

1. Kittens and cats make fun pets.2. Terry has a beautiful garden.3. Shawn plays football every

Saturday.4. The test over the novel is on Friday.5. On Friday, the building will be torn

down.6. My favorite flavor is chocolate.

NOUN PRACTICE: ANSWERS

1. Kittens and cats make fun pets.2. Terry has a beautiful garden.3. Shawn plays football every

Saturday.4. The test over the novel is on

Friday.5. On Friday, the building will be torn

down.

COMMON NOUNS- NOUNS USED EVERYDAY THATDO NOT DISPLAY TITLE OR NAME.

EX. “I WALKED MY DOG”

PROPER NOUNS – NOUNS THAT ISSUE A DIRECT NAME OR TITLE

EX. “I WALKED DIXIE”

Common and Proper Nouns

2. VERBS A verb expresses action, or a state of being.

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TYPES OF VERBS Action Verb – A word that expresses

physical or mental activity

Linking Verb – connects the subject to a word that identifies or describes the subject

Helping Verb – A verb that helps the MAIN verb of the sentence (There will always be another verb in the sentence)

VERB PRACTICE: IDENTIFY THE VERB TYPE OF THE UNDERLINED VERB/S

1. The burglar disappeared with the cash.2. His ability to concentrate is legendary.3. The vegetarian burger tasted like salted

cardboard.4. The faculty is teaching the serious

nature of disobeying the tardy policy5. President Clinton pushed into the crowd

and shook her hand

VERB PRACTICE: ANSWERS1. The burglar disappeared with the

cash. -Action2. His ability to concentrate is legendary.

– Linking (ability to being legendary)3. The vegetarian burger tasted like

salted cardboard. - Action4. The faculty is teaching the serious

nature of disobeying the tardy policy. - Helping

5. President Clinton pushed into the crowd and shook her hand. - Action

3. ADJECTIVES An adjective describes or modifies a noun.

AN ADJECTIVE ANSWERS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS…

1. Which?2. What kind?3. How many?4. How much?

EXAMPLES: CONNECT THE QUESTION TO THE EXAMPLE

Millions of Jewish people

Very little food to eat

This concentration camp - Buna

Gushing flames from the chimneys

1. Which?2. What kind?3. How many?4. How much?

ARTICLES: An Article is a type of adjective – (An, A, The)

These words introduce the nouns in the sentence.

**ALWAYS use “An” before a word that begins with a vowel sound.

ADJECTIVE PRACTICE: UNDERLINE THE ADJECTIVE OR ARTICLE IN THE SENTENCE1. We kept watch for an hour.2. The expensive shoes are over there.3. The concert last night was fantastic. 4. During basketball last night, Shaq

threw a wild ball, but it went into the net!

5. Professor Dumbledore made a surprise announcement: Harry would compete in the upcoming tournament.

ADJECTIVE PRACTICE: ANSWERS1. We kept watch for an hour.2. The expensive shoes are over there.3. The concert last night was fantastic. 4. During basketball last night, Shaq

threw a wild ball, but it went into the net!

5. Professor Dumbledore made a surprise announcement: Harry would compete in the upcoming tournament.

CLASS PRACTICE Add 2 Adjectives to the following sentence.

The dog ran into the road.

REWRITE THE PARAGRAPH ADDING AT LEAST 5 DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES. The snow fell on me as I trudged up the hill toward my house. I was cold and tired, and I could hardly wait to change my clothes and lie down in my bed.

*Remember, adjectives modify NOUNS

4. ADVERBS An adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

AN ADVERB ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS… How? When? Where? How Much? To What Degree?

EXAMPLES: The bird was chirping outside. (where)

The bird chirped today. (when)

The bird chirped loudly. (how) The bird never chirped. (to

what extent)

In many cases, an adverb ends in –ly.

ADVERB PRACTICE: FIND 7 ADVERBS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

1. The Adverb is one of the most important parts of English Grammar.

An adverb typically describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.

An adverb can be placed anywhere in a sentence.

Adverbs are generally grouped into five categories namely Place, Manner, Time, Frequency and Degree.

Adding the suffix -ly to an adjective commonly turns it into an adverb.

Using adverbs makes your sentences more precise and interesting.

ANSWERS: FIND 7 ADVERBS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

1. The Adverb is one of the most important parts of English Grammar.

An adverb typically describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.

An adverb can be placed anywhere in a sentence.

Adverbs are generally grouped into five categories - namely Place, Manner, Time, Frequency and Degree.

Adding the suffix -ly to an adjective commonly turns it into an adverb.

Using adverbs makes your sentences more precise and interesting.

5. PREPOSITIONS A preposition shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun (called the object of the preposition) to another word.

Prepositions are Locators in Time and Place

It is easy to identify a preposition by using “The chicken test”

The chicken flew ( _____________ the nest.) Preposition

“of” doesn’t work with this test, however, it IS a preposition.

Prepositions can NEVER stand alone!! – There is ALWAYS an object of the preposition.

It CAN have more than one OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION.

The object of the preposition always comes AFTER the preposition.

Preposition + Object = Noun(The heart always needs a companion)

EXAMPLES: I rode past the village. I rode through the village. I rode toward the village. I rode near the village. I rode around the village. I rode beyond the village.

In these sentences, the prepositions show the different relationships between the verb (rode) and the noun (village).

A prepositions and it’s object (noun or pronoun) form a prepositional phrase.

I rode past the village.

What is the prepositional phrase?

“past the village”

FIND THE PREPOSITION AND THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION (NOUN).1. There was rejoicing throughout the

land when the government was defeated.

2. The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

3. The dog is hiding under the porch.4. He likes to read in the afternoon.5. I'm going to Paris for two weeks.

FIND THE PREPOSITION AND THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION (NOUN).1. There was rejoicing throughout the

land when the government was defeated.

2. The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

3. The dog is hiding under the porch.4. He likes to read in the afternoon.5. I'm going to Paris for two weeks.

6. PRONOUNS A pronoun takes the place of one or more nouns.

Ex: she, me, you, anyone, them, something, this

REPLACE THE PROPER NOUNS WITH PRONOUNS Sarah and Rachel went to the grocery

store.

Robert drove Robert’s dad’s car to school on Friday.

The English II class all got A’s on the English II class’s progress reports.

Sarah and Rachel went to the grocery store.They went to the grocery store.

Robert drove Robert’s dad’s car to school on Friday.He drove his dad’s car to school on Friday.

The English II class all got A’s on the English II class’s progress reports.They all got A’s on their progress reports.

7. CONJUNCTIONS A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words

COORDINATING CONJUNCTION…FANBOYS

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A coordinating conjunction is taped into a sentence to combine two thoughts.

CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONSPairs of conjunctions that join words or word groups that are used in the same way.

Example: Neither the teachers nor the students knew there was going to be a fire drill on Friday.

PRACTICE: UNDERLINE THE CONJUNCTION/S

1.Either Mike or Danny will receive the free tickets to the Panther’s game.

2.The boat sailed quickly at first, but then the wind stopped blowing it’s sails.

3.Jessica and Megan have been best friends since the second grade.

4.Claire is going to the beach with both Danielle and Lauren.

5.The new movie not only stars Brad Pitt, but also George Clooney.

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Please re-write the sentences and underline the coordinating and correlative conjunctions

8. INTERJECTIONS

An interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion.

EXAMPLES:

EXAMPLES: IDENTIFY THE INTERJECTION1.Ouch! I stubbed my toe!2.Whew, our teacher didn’t give a

pop quiz today.3.Hey! That was my piece of candy.4.EEK! I just saw a mouse run

across my bedroom floor.5.Wow! That runner won the race

by 5 minutes.

REVIEW: Create 5 ORIGINAL sentences…

The first sentence needs to have 2 nouns, 1 verb and an adjective (The teacher responded to the brilliant question.)

The second sentence needs to have 2 nouns, 1 verb and an adverb. (Sarah quickly ran to the store.)

The third sentence needs to have 2 nouns, 1 verb, 1 adjective, and 1 adverb (Jacob silently answered the difficult questions.)