Parts of Speech Study GuideNouns, Verbs, Adjectives and AdverbsA.Definitions/ExamplesDefinitionExamples1.noun-a person place, thing or idea-Macy’s, city, horse, Newark....2.proper noun-a specificperson, place, thing or idea-Toyota, Westwood Jr. Sr. High School, Justice.....3.common noun-anyperson, place, thing or idea-car, school, store.....4.adjective-a word that describes a noun-Alexis went to the supersale at the very crowdedmall.5.adverb-a word that describes a verb, adjective or adverb-Zachary realized it was toohot in the room and opened the windows very quickly.6.Action Verb: a word that shows physical or mental actionEx. sing, answer, think....7.Helping Verb: a verb used alone or in a verb phraseEx. will, have, was....8.State of Being Verb: showing that something existsEx. is, am, be, seems....B.Nouns: Circle the nouns and place a “C” above the common nouns and a “P” above the proper nouns.1.The countryof Boliviais smaller than the stateof Kansas.2.The cityof Tunisis the capitalof Tunisiain northern Africa.3.Matthas memorized two poemsby Emily Dickinson.C.Verbs:Circle all the verbs below (action, linking and helping).1.Luke has watched the movie Scooby Doo fifteen times.
2.Juliette will be singing at the concert tonight.3.Casey has been practicing his lines for the play while studyingfor three tests.D.Use the following words as a noun and a verb in the same sentence.Ex. I couldn’t believe that no one wanted to dance (verb)when we were at the Junior High dance (noun).1.call:______________________________________________________________2.burn:_____________________________________________________________E.Adjectives: Circle all of the descriptive adjectives below (not including a, an, the)1.The steaming blueberry pie was set on the neatly settable.2.The rain dashed against the windows with a dreary sound.3.Everychild in the United States knows about the famous ride of Paul Revere.F.Adverbs: Circle the adverbs in thesentences below.1.Those trees were severelydamaged in the fire.2.I spoke too harshly to my friends.3.The airplane started moving slowlybut quicklygained speed.