Part of Speech?

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Parts of Speech Identification
Nouns, Pronouns,
Adjectives, and Verbs
Definitions
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Nouns
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Common and proper
Pronouns
Adjectives
Verbs
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Action verbs
Linking verbs-Remember your “to be” verbs!
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My best friend wants to be a veterinarian.
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The firefighter carefully adjusted her own mask.
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Have you ever read this Korean folk tale?
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The spicy Mexican food is flavored with chili
peppers
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My favorite book is Inspirations: Stories About
Women Artists by Leslie Sills. .
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Mike’s bicycle suddenly skidded and fell hard
on the wet pavement.
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Jerome Tiger is my favorite American Indian
painter.
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On winter afternoons, I sometimes walk home
after band practice rather than ride on a
crowded, noisy bus.
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Will you travel to Arizona to be with your family
for Thanksgiving?
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What will you do with yourself while your family
is on vacation?
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Cruelty towards animals must never be
tolerated.
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Our teacher read aloud several poems by
Countee Cullen. He is my favorite poet!
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“The band sounded terrific at rehearsal,”
commented the principal.
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“Forgiveness is a virtue,” my grandmother
would always say.
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I know my family is looking forward to our ski
vacation coming up in January.
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Delicious smells drift from the kitchen where
Mom and Dad are cooking dinner.
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Have you ever been to Las Vegas, Nevada?
It is a wonderful place, full of amazing sights.
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Who would have guessed that Team Discovery
would create the best cheer in the school?
Your Turn
Now compose a sentence of your own
containing a noun, pronoun, adjective, and
verb. See if you can stump your partner.