Parts of Speech Part 2 Lesson

Parts of Speech

Part 2

Adverbs

What is an Adverb?

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or

another adverb.

​Adverbs

• ​An adverb describes how the action is performed.

• They tell how much, how often, when, and where something is done.

• Adverbs often end in -ly, but not always.

• ​Examples:

  • The fish jumped quickly from the water.

  • The man sat alone.

  • She left the job when she moved away.

Examples of Adverbs

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence:

Multiple telephones rang loudly.

• multiple

• telephones

• rang

• loudly

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence:

Erin quickly ran around the gym.

• Erin

• quickly

• ran

• around

• gym

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence:

Roger will complete his homework later.

• Roger

• complete

• homework

• later

Open Ended

Use an adverb to complete the sentence:

The student talked _______ to the teacher.

Conjunctions

What is a Conjunction?

A word that connects words, phrases, or

clauses.

Examples of conjunctions

​Conjunction Examples

• The boys ate pizza, and the girls ate French fries.

• I like playing basketball or soccer.

• Liam enjoys candy, but he does not like chocolate.

• Craig wants to make the jazz band, yet he does not practice playing his saxophone outside of school.

​Conjunctions

• Conjunctions are often used to combine 2 sentences into 1 sentence.

• For example:

  • I like ice cream. I like candy.

• These 2 sentences can be combined using the conjunction "and"

  • I like ice cream and candy.

• Conjunctions can help with your writing and improve your sentence structure

Multiple Choice

Identify the conjunction in this sentence:

Maya loves to swim and play at the beach.

• loves

• to

• and

• play

• beach

Multiple Choice

Which conjunction would make the most sense in this sentence?

We were supposed to run the mile in P.E. today, _______ it was raining.

• so

• nor

• but

• for

Open Ended

Use a conjunction to combine the following 2 sentences into 1 sentence:

Mrs. Bois does not like incomplete homework. Mrs. Bois does not like tardiness.

Open Ended

Combine the following sentences into 1 sentence:

Mrs. Fecteau is allergic to cats. Mrs. Fecteau owns 3 cats.

Prepositions

What is a Preposition?

A preposition shows the relationship

between two words in a sentence.

​Prepositions

• A preposition shows position or direction.

• Example: She worked at her desk.

• Example: The sun was in the sky.

​Do prepositions ever stand alone?

• Prepositions are put together with nouns or pronouns to create prepositional phrases

• Examples:

  • under the bed

  • behind the desk

  • in front of the chalkboard

  • on the shelf

Examples of Prepositions

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in this sentence:

I ran toward the school bus.

• I

• ran

• toward

• school

• bus

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in this sentence:

Your socks are in the dresser.

• your

• socks

• in

• the

• dresser

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in this sentence:

Erin sits next to Zach.

• Erin

• sits

• next to

• Zach

Multiple Choice

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

Tommy dropped his book behind the bookshelf

• dropped

• his

• behind

• the

• bookshelf

Open Ended

Write a sentence using the preposition "under"

Interjections!

What is an Interjection?

A word that expresses an emotion

(and interrupts the writing!)

​Interjections

• Interjection- An interjection is a word that shows strong emotion.

• Interjections can really liven up a sentence. They help to add voice to your writing.

• Examples: Wow!, Ouch!, Hurray!, and Oh no!

Examples of Interjections

Multiple Choice

Identify the interjection in this sentence:

Wow! You did a fabulous job!

• wow

• you

• did

• a

• fabulous

Multiple Choice

Identify the interjection in this sentence:

Hey! That's not fair!

• hey

• that's

• not

• fair

Open Ended

Write your own sentence using an interjection.

Article

​Article

• An article is a word used to limit a noun or make it definite

• There are only 3 articles:

  • a

  • an

  • the

• Examples:

  • a rabbit

  • the dog

  • an owl