Reading Activity

Parts of Speech

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.

Let's think about nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions.

NOUN - person, place, thing, or idea

Here are some examples:

• dog, cat, book, banana

• Japan, Italy, Ota City

• picture, fish, lion, money

• Tony, Bobby, Jane, Sarah

Multiple Select

Check all the nouns

• listens

• is

• lunch

• Tommy

• in

Verb - an action word or a being word.

• if you are doing an action, that action word is a verb

• if you are just being something, the word being is a verb

• if you know the subject noun (or pronoun), ask yourself, what is the subject doing? Maybe it´s an action, maybe it´s being, but that´s the verb

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb

• Jane

• is

• a

• painter

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb

• Boddy

• cooks

• spaghetti

Adjective - a word that modifies a noun.

• What kind of? it´s a green shirt, a large shirt

• How many? There are three trees, many trees

• Which one? It´s that tree

Multiple Select

Check all the adjectives. (Think of words that could be used to describe the noun friend)

• plays

• nice

• tall

• on

• kind

Adverb - modifies a verb by answering

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

• When does the verb happen? often, always, now

• Where does the verb happen? there, everywhere

Multiple Choice

Which is the adverb in the list?

HINT: it changes the verb.

Think of the sentence "I ____ walk to school."

• tall

• slow

• quickly

• happy

Preposition - a position word. Tells you something about a noun relative to another noun.

• on the wall

• near the wall

• around the wall

Multiple Select

Try to check all prepositions. A trick to use to find a preposition would be to try to put it with a noun like wall, (from the previous "anywhere a mouse can go" example) or a room the kitchen.

Keep in mind those specific examples might not work with EVERY preposition, like "with," or "for," for example.

• into

• from

• through

• out of