Parts of Speech Scavenger Hunt

  1. The ______form of an adjective compares two nouns or pronouns.
  1. The pronouns this, that, these, and those are all ______pronouns.
  1. Circle the definite article in this question.
  1. What are the indefinite articles?
  1. Subordinating conjunctions begin what type of clause?
  1. What acronym can help you remember all of the coordinating conjunctions?
  1. What is the superlative form of the adjective good?
  1. How do proper adjectives look different from other adjectives?
  1. Adjectives answer the questions:
  1. What is a memory sentence you can use when trying to identify prepositions?
  1. Add an appropriate interjection to the sentence: My foot fell asleep.
  1. Where does the apostrophe go when making a plural noun possessive?
  1. Adverbs answer the questions:
  1. Articles are a special kind of what other part of speech?
  1. A prepositional phrase begins with a ______and ends with a ______or a ______.
  1. Circle the antecedent for the pronoun in the sentence: Bertha loves her Cheerios in the morning.
  1. What type of pronoun is used to form questions?
  1. Another name for helping verb is ______verb.
  1. Write the comparative form of the adverb eagerly.
  1. The negative word not and the contraction n’t are what part of speech?
  1. Categorize the noun friendships in three different ways.
  1. Write a sentence about a shoe using a correlative conjunction and underline both parts of the conjunction.
  1. Write a sentence about a daisy using a compound preposition and circle the compound preposition.
  1. Write a sentence about a hamster using a linking verb and circle the linking verb.
  1. Identify the part of speech for every word in the sentence:

The brown fox quickly jumped over the lazy dogs.

Parts of Speech Scavenger Hunt (KEY)

  1. The COMPARATIVE form of an adjective compares two nouns or pronouns.
  1. The pronouns this, that, these, and those are all DEMONSTRATIVE pronouns.
  1. Circle the definite article in this question.
  1. What are the indefinite articles? A and AN
  1. Subordinating conjunctions begin what type of clause?DEPENDENT
  1. What acronym can help you remember all of the coordinating conjunctions? FAN BOY
  1. What is the superlative form of the adjective good? BEST
  1. How do proper adjectives look different from other adjectives? CAPITAL LETTER
  1. Adjectives answer the questions:
  2. WHICH ONE?
  3. WHAT KIND?
  4. HOW MANY?
  5. HOW MUCH?
  1. What is a memory sentence you can use when trying to identify prepositions?

THE PLANE FLEW ______THE CLOUD

  1. Add an appropriate interjection to the sentence: DANG! My foot fell asleep.
  1. Where does the apostrophe go when making a plural noun possessive?

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE “S”

  1. Adverbs answer the questions:
  2. HOW?
  3. WHEN?
  4. WHERE?
  5. TO WHAT DEGREE?/HOW MUCH?
  1. Articles are a special kind of what other part of speech?ADJECTIVES
  1. A prepositional phrase begins with a PREPOSITION and ends with a NOUN or a PRONOUN.
  1. Circle the antecedent for the pronoun in the sentence: Bertha loves her Cheerios in the morning.
  1. What type of pronoun is used to form questions?INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN
  1. Another name for helping verb is HELPING verb.
  1. Write the comparative form of the adverb eagerly.MORE EAGERLY
  1. The negative word not and the contraction n’t are what part of speech?ADVERB
  1. Categorize the noun friendships in three different ways.
  2. PLURAL
  3. ABSTRACT
  4. COMMON
  1. Write a sentence about a shoe using a correlative conjunction and underline both parts of the conjunction.

BOTH my right AND my left shoe are muddy.

  1. Write a sentence about a daisy using a compound preposition and circle the compound preposition.

APART FROM the brown spots on a few petals, the daisy looks healthy.

  1. Write a sentence about a hamster using a linking verb and circle the linking verb.

My hamster Fluffy SEEMS dirty.

  1. Identify the part of speech for every word in the sentence:

The brown fox quickly jumped over the lazy dogs.

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