ELA21.3.36b

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

There are different types of words within a sentence, and each word provides a particular type of information.
The role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence.

Identify a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction in a sentence.
Explain the type of information nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions provides in a sentence.

Each word in a sentence plays an important role in conveying meaning.
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and tells who or what the sentence is about.
A verb expresses an action or a state of being and tells what the noun is doing.
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun and tells attributes of the noun.
An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, and provides more description about another word in the sentence.
A pronoun can be used in place of a noun.
A preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun to create a prepositional phrase that modifies (changes the meaning of) another word in the sentence.
A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the joined units; there are coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.