Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure

​Parts of Speech

Parts of speech are the different types of words that we combine to make a sentence.​

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Parts of Speech

​Noun

Person, place, or thing

• ​Jamal, Tony, Sarah, Yvonne

• home, school, work, the coffee shop

• Syracuse, New York, United States

• picture, fish, lion, money​

Multiple Select

Check all the nouns.

• listens

• Tommy

• in

• lunch

​Pronouns

Words that substitute for a noun

• ​he, she, they, it, I, you

• his, hers, theirs, its, mine, yours

• him, her, them, it​, me, you

​Action word or a being word​

• Action: jump, jumping, jumped, sleep, sleeping, slept

• Being: is, am, was, will,

• Locate the subject of the sentence and ask, "What are they doing or being?"​​

• Marvin called his mom.

• She is happy.​

Verbs

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb:

The man cooks tacos.

• The

• man

• cooks

• tacos

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb:

The teacher is late.

• The

• teacher

• is

• late

​Adjectives

Words that modify (describe) nouns

• ​What kind of? A green shirt, a large shirt

• How many? Three trees, many trees

• Which one? That tree

Multiple Select

Check all the adjectives:

• Plays

• Tall

• Kind

• Nice

• On

​Adverbs

Modify a verb, often end in -ly

• ​How does the verb happen? quickly, softly, suddenly

• When does the verb happen? Often, rarely, now

• ​Where does the verb happen? There, everywhere

Multiple Choice

Which is the adverb in the following sentence?

I walk quickly to school.

• I

• walk

• quickly

• to

• school

​Conjunction

Links together words, phrases, or clauses

• ​I like cooking and eating, but I don't like washing dishes.

• I didn't study for the test, yet I got a good grade.​

Multiple Choice

Conjunctions can join together:

• Words

• Phrases

• Clauses

• All of the above