Noun correct answers A person, place, thing, or idea
Ex - girl, school, book
Proper Noun correct answers Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
Ex - John, New York, Toyota
Common Noun correct answers Names a general person, place, thing, or idea
Ex - baseball player, state, language
Count Noun correct answers Name things that are considered countable
Ex - stories, book, teeth, envelope
Non-Count Nouns correct answers Name things or qualities that aren't countable (can't be plural)
Ex - bravery, music, health
Collective Nouns correct answers Names a group but are singular
Ex - team, audience, band, crowd, flock, bunch
Verb correct answers Typically expresses action
Ex - cook, cry, talk
Action Verb correct answers Tells what action someone or something is performing
Ex - jumping, rising, leaping
Linking Verb correct answers Connects the subject to a word that describes or renames it.
, Ex - is, were, smells, seemed
Mom IS angry.
The soldiers WERE tired.
Helping Verb correct answers Changes the tense of another verb (the main verb)
Ex - will, has, was, are
She HAS read the chapter.
Linda WAS working hard.
Adjective correct answers Describes a noun or pronoun. Can tell which one, what kind, or how
many
Ex - funny, red, big, cute, soft
Which one -
My BEST friend drives the GREEN Toyota.
What Kind -
My dog has BIG, SHINY eyes and LONG, BLACK fur.
How many -
NUMEROUS people joined my club.
Adverb correct answers Describes a verb, an adjective, or another one of itself. Many end in -
LY. Tells how, when, where, or how often.
Ex - easily, always, after, away
How -
The birds sang SWEETLY.
When -
We OFTEN walk but RARELY take the bus.
Where -
I sat CLOSE to the front.