Quiz Tomorrow!

Dear Students and Parents,

     Tomorrow, February 4, we have a quiz on Parts of Speech. These are all the different categories of words. You need to differentiate between each type to communicate clearly about more complex ideas than just simple sentences and basic thoughts. If you don't already have the notes, the terms are listed below with definitions.

1. Article - tells you which noun (thing) you are talking about
2. Noun - person, place, object, or idea (thing)
3. Pronoun - general word that replaces a noun
4. Adjective - describes a noun or pronoun (may be color, shape, size, age, origin, etc.)
5. Verb - action
6. Adverb - describes a verb; usually ends in -ly
7. Conjunction - connecting word
1. Coordinating Conjunction - connects equal ideas or clauses; FANBOYS
2. Correlative Conjunction - connects related ideas; works in pairs
3. Subordinating Conjunction - starts dependent clause; answers why, when, if, or opposition
8. Preposition - identifies time or location relative to another noun (thing)
9. Interjection - a word or phrase used to exclaim, protest, or command

     The first half of the quiz involves picking the proper definition out of multiple choices for each part of speech. The second half of the quiz involves reading a paragraph and correctly identifying at least one example of each part of speech from it. Today in class the students practiced this with one paragraph; we will use another for the quiz. Students will not be allowed to use notes for the quiz.

     For your convenience, I have included a list of examples for each category below.

Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris

1. Article - a, an, the
2. Noun - Mr. DeMaris, chairs, table, thought, dream, cat, dinner, steak
3. Pronoun - he, it, they, we, she, them, us, her
4. Adjective - red, blue, green, fuzzy, cold, ancient, new, frozen, American
5. Verb - run, jump, think, fall, cry, repair, stand
6. Adverb - quickly, clumsily, carefully, foolishly, noisily, successfully, abruptly
7. Conjunction
1. Coordinating Conjunction - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
2. Correlative Conjunction - either, or; neither, nor; if, then; but, so
3. Subordinating Conjunction - because, after, when, if, rather than, though
8. Preposition - before, during, after, on, in, beside, for, from, to
9. Interjection - Breakfast time! Stop! No! Wait! Sit down! Well, Um,