What is a noun?

A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. For example child, town, table are all nouns.

What is a verb?

A verb is a word that shows action. The words jump, sleep, think are all verbs.

What is a common noun?

A common noun is a noun that names an unspecified person, place or thing. The words teacher and city are common nouns. They do not specify any particular teacher or city.

What is a proper noun?

Proper nouns name specific people, places or things. Proper nouns are capitalized. Examples: Milaca, Hardee's, Charlie Brown

Name the three articles used with nouns.

The, a and an are articles.

What is an adjective?

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Adjectives add sensory details (how something feels, smells, tastes, sounds or looks) and adjectives can show how many (some, few, many, three, ten, etc.)

What is an adverb?

Adverbs describe actions (verbs). Adverbs tell how something happens, (slowly, quickly), when something happens (yesterday, tomorrow, later), and where (here, everywhere, outside).

What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. For example, in this sentence, "Charlie found a hat." Charlie could be replaced by the pronoun "he" and hat could be replaced by the pronoun "it".

What is a possessive noun?

A possessive noun shows that something belongs to that noun. The cat's fur..., the girl's book...., etc. To show possession, the noun is followed by an apostrophe then an "s".

What is a plural possessive noun?

A plural possessive noun shows that something belongs to a group. The cats' owners.... The boys' coats..... To show ownership, an apostrophe is placed after the plural noun.