The Writing Process Parts of Speech Brainstorming Questions.

The Writing Process Parts of Speech Brainstorming Questions

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There are nine parts of speech . . . Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Articles Prepositions Interjections

It is important to understand that every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role in the sentence.

Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr.Spring 2002STCC4

Person/Thing: Mr. Garcia likes to eat spinach.

Place: Corinth is an old town.

Quality: Honesty is a great value to possess.


Action: He was running through the forest.

State of being: He was sad that particular morning.


Guillermo was studying for the mid-term exam when he realized that it was three o’clock in the morning.

(There are actually many types of pronouns: personal, interrogative,demonstrative, indefinite, relative, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal)

Demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, those, such

Indefinite pronouns refer to people or things whose identities are not known or are unimportant.

Identify the demonstrative pronoun: These are such delicious strawberries.

a)strawberriesb)thesec)ared)such

Identify the indefinite pronoun: None of us wants to watch television right now.

a)noneb)nowc)televisiond)us


The beautiful woman only wanted a couple of pairs of shoes.

The rainy day made us even sadder.

Identify each adjective: That street is dangerous when it's dark, so take the other route.

a)routeb)dangerous, dark, otherc)dangerous, darkd)dangerous

Identify each adjective: That street is dangerous when it's dark, so take the other route.

a) route b) dangerous, dark, other c) dangerous, dark d) dangerous


The little girl walked happily through the park.

The orphan hungrily ate the hot stew.

Identify the adverbs: I can say confidently that he's usually early, and she's always late.

a)confidently, usually, early, always, lateb)confidently, usually, alwaysc)he’sd)usually, always

Identify each adverb: Their last album was wildly successful, too.

a)last, wildlyb)wildly, tooc)albumd)wildly


Manuel and Marisol loved to cook.

You will go to school, or you will fail.

I am happy because I just received my check.

It has been cloudy since the morning.


The bicycle was not only red but shiny.

A yellow moon always appears in October.

An excellent student, Armando passed all his exams.


The cat was on the table. The dog was under the table. These are some common prepositions: For on to up at under above toward With between in behind Fromupon into off


Wow, you knocked that ball out of the park.

◦ Identify the interjection: Oh! I thought you were Howard.◦

◦ a)◦ thought◦ b)◦ I◦ c)◦ Howard◦ d)◦ oh

A phrase is one of those smaller bits of a sentence that you will need to be able to identify. Our definition of a phrase is:

A group of words that is missing either a subject or missing the matching verb or both.

Identify each phrase: She's such a happy person that I simply enjoy being around her.

a)

such a happy person, simply enjoy, around her

b)

person that

c)

being around her

d)

such a happy person, being around her

Independent clauses present complete ideas and can stand by themselves as sentences because they contain a subject and a verb that matches it.

Dependent clauses cannot stand by themselves as sentences. Even though they contain a subject and a verb that matches it, they also have an additional word at the beginning of the clause that makes you need more information to complete the meaning.

Identify the independent clause: After she raced around the track, Sally headed for the finish line.

a)

around the track

b)

the finish line

c)

after she raced around the track

d)

Sally headed for the finish line

Identify the dependent clause: That's Carla, whose brother is a famous actor.

a)

brother

b)

that's Carla

c)

actor

d)

whose brother is a famous actor

Common Subordinating Conjunctions

Words when added to a complete sentence, make a dependent clause)

after, although, as, as if, as long as, as though, because, before, even though, if, in order that, once, provided that, since, so, so that, that, though, till, unless, until, when, where, whereas, while

Notice how each of these words leaves you wanting more information:

Since you’ve been so good… (What? Will I get a present?)Before you can go to the movies… (What do I need to do?)Even though you washed the dishes… (What did I forget to do?)

Identify the subordinating conjunction: While she waited, Teresa studied for her test.

a)herb)forc)testd)while

Identify the prepositions: On Thursday, I went to dinner with Sara and then to the movies.

a)dinner, tob)on, to, with, toc)on, to, with, then, tod)on, to, with

Identify the nouns: The weather report says sunny skies and higher temperatures.

a) weather, sunny, higher b) weather, report c) temperatures d) report, skies, temperatures

Identify the prepositions: She is lying on the couch again, complaining about her dull life.

a)on, about, dullb)on, aboutc)lifed)on, again, about

Identify the phrase: Rolling on the lawn, Duncan barked and yipped.

a)

rolling on the lawn

b)

lawn

c)

rolling

d)

Duncan barked and yipped

Identify the adverbs: We almost lost the game, but suddenly Charles took a wild shot.

a)almost, suddenly, wildb)charlesc)almost, lost, suddenlyd)almost, suddenly

Identify the adjectives: The illustrated cover was slick and shiny.

a)coverb)illustrated, cover, slick, shinyc)illustrated, slick, shinyd)cover, slick

Identify the independent clause: As he moved quickly up the field, Roberto was in a position to score.

a) quickly b) as he moved quickly up the field c) Roberto was in a position to score d) Roberto

Identify the independent clause: As he moved quickly up the field, Roberto was in a position to score.

a)quicklyb)as he moved quickly up the fieldc)Roberto was in a position to scored)Roberto

Identify the dependent clause: Before you leave, would you please shut the windows?

a)pleaseb)would you please shut the windowsc)windowsd)before you leave

1. The tall and majestic statue2. Although he often pitches well3. The dog sat waiting 4.. My sweet, caring Grandfather enjoys playing cards5. Even though I can’t run very well6 She lovingly plays the harp7 While the two men sat waiting for the film to start8 With a great amount of anxiety and fear

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