Parts of the speech

The child was worried about his small hamster. (SMALL is....)

The students measured the volume of the chemicals accurately. (ACCURATELY is...)

Follow the Luskville Falls Trail, and (climb) 290 metres up the rocky slope of the Eardley Escarpment. (CLIMB is ......)

The adjective word that gives us more information about a verb.

Hurray! We successfully won this football match. (HURRAY! is...)

Many athletes cycle in Gatineau Park [not only] for the workout [but also] for the hill training. (NOT UNTIL is...)

The children amused [themselves] by rolling in the pile of raked leaves. (THEMSELVES is....)

The red, yellow and deep [orange] of autumn leaves create a dazzling display. (ORANGE is a........)

Conjunctions are used to join parts of sentences/ clauses together.

Rock climbing can be slow and arduous, but once you reach the top, it is [simply] exhilarating. (SIMPLY is......)

A verb is a word that describes an action, state or occurrence.

[What!] You’re not coming with us to see Fall Rhapsody? (WHAT! is....)

Prepositions show us the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence.

They took the food and drinks inside the house. (AND is...)

We use interjections to describe verbs.

Pronouns are used to replace adverbs.

[For] a few weeks, Ottawa residents enjoy the brilliant fall colours of Gatineau Park. (FOR is a.........)

Nouns are words that are used to identify things, people and places.

We saw a lion at the zoo during our trip. (ZOO is ....)

Hiking and walking are [excellent] ways to discover the Park’s 165 kilometres of trails. (EXCELLENT is ........)