1. Part of Speech Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
Lesson #1
Part of Speech
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb

2. Part of Speech

3. Example: Respectful is an adjective. Its job is to describe nouns.
Part of Speech
Example: Respectful is an adjective. Its job is to describe nouns.
Sentence: The part of speech of a word is determined by the job it is doing.

4. Noun
Definition: a person, place, thing or idea

5. Example: teacher, Auburn, chair, tree, kindness
Noun
Example: teacher, Auburn, chair, tree, kindness
Sentence: My teacher asked me what my favorite noun was and I said the brain!

6. Verb
Definition: Word that shows action or state of being

7. Verb Example: walk, talk, think, believe, is, are, have
He was kicking the ball.
Sentence: A regular verb shows action but verbs with -ing endings need a helping verb.

8. Adjective
Definition: word that describes a noun or pronoun

9. Example: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important, kind
Adjective
Example: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important, kind
Sentence: The adjectives that best describe me are clumsy, curious, and dedicated.

10. Adverb
Definition: word that describes an action (verb)

11. Adverb
Example: intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere, kindly
Sentence: Slowly is the most common adverb used to describe the way a sloth moves.