Parts of Speech

​Parts of Speech

By Barton Colmerauer

Learning Target: I can utilize parts of speech to develop stronger, precise sentences.

Success Criteria

• I can review parts of speech by exploring the purposes of parts of speech.

• I can explain images by using parts of speech to add details.

• I can edit ideas by using parts of speech to provide additional details.

Match

The student looked sleepily out the big window.

Match each word with the correct term.

• Student

• Looked

• Big

• Sleepily

• Out

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

Preposition

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Preposition

Sentences MUST HAVE:
-A Noun (Person/Place/ Thing/ Idea) or a Pronoun (He/She/They)
-A Verb (An action / A state of being)

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​Parts of Speech: Must Haves

Sentences MUST HAVE:
-What are the person/place/things/ ideas in this photo? (Noun/Pronoun)
-What actions are taking place? (Verbs)

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​Parts of Speech: Must Haves

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a noun/pronoun to describe what is in the photo?

• Dog

• Boy

• Hugging

• Grass

• It

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a verb/action that describes the photo?

• Are (To be)

• Hugging

• Smiling

• Boy

Multiple Choice

"The capybara is in the pool with oranges."

Which is not a noun?

• Capybara

• Pool

• With

• Oranges

Multiple Choice

"The capybara is in the pool with oranges."

The verb in the sentence is...

• The

• Is

• With

• Oranges

Drag and Drop

Capybara ​

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(verb) aquatic animals. When ​

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(verb) one as a ​

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(noun), you must remember ​

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(pronoun) like ​

Placeholder

(verb).

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are

keeping

pet

they

swimming

• Adjectives (for nouns) might describe...

  • Size/Shape/Color

  • Ownership / Amount

  • Personality / Appearance

• Examples:

  • Tall/Round/Black

  • His / Many

  • Cheerful / Young
    

​Parts of Speech: Adding Descriptions

• Adverbs (for verbs) might describe

  • How/How much

  • When/How Often

• Examples

  • He hugs the dog tightly.

  • Every morning he hugs his dog. / He hugs his dog daily.
    

​Parts of Speech: Adding Descriptions

You can describe with:

• Adjectives (for nouns)

  • Boy: Young, small, brown-haired
    Dog: Cute, big, brown

• Adverbs (for verbs)

  • Hugging: Happily, Widely, Cheerfully
    

​Parts of Speech: Adding Descriptions

Multiple Choice

Which is not an adjective to describe the girl based on the picture?

• Blonde

• Little

• Long-haired

• Smiling

• Mean

Multiple Select

Which are adverbs that would best describe HOW the girl is holding the cat?

The girl is __________ holding the cat

• Tightly

• Gently

• Strangely

• Closely

• Cheerfully

Multiple Select

"The brown capybara coolly sat in the warm water. He was relaxing pleasantly."

Which are the adjectives in the sentence above?

• Brown

• Coolly

• Warm

• Water

• Pleasantly

Multiple Select

"The brown capybara coolly sat in the warm water. He was relaxing pleasantly."

Which are the adverbs in the sentence above?

• Sat

• Coolly

• Was

• Water

• Pleasantly

Drag and Drop

Gertrude the ​

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(adjective) capybara was ​

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(adverb) enjoying the ​

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(noun). The water splashed ​

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(adverb) when other ​

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(adjective) capybara jumped in, but Gertrude remained calm.

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adorable

comfortably

messily

energetic

water

You can connect details by

• Using prepositions (shows connections between ideas)

  • Next to / Under / Around / Over

• Using conjunctions

  • Before / While / During / After

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​Parts of Speech: Connecting details

You can connect details by

• Using prepositions (shows connections between ideas)

  • Next to / Under / Around / Over

• Examples

  • Gertrude sits next to Thaddeus.

  • Gertrude is on the bed.

  • They sit in the back of the class.

​Parts of Speech: Connecting details

Using conjunctions (for connecting words or sentences)

• And, but, or, so (connects two complete sentences)

• AAAWWUBBIS (for fragments)(After/Although/As/While/ When/Until/Before/Because/ If/Since)

Examples

• The boy hugged the dog and he was happy.

• The boy hugged the dog when he got home from school.

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​Parts of Speech: Connecting details

Using prepositions

• The boy hugged the dog in the___________

• The boy hugged the dog on the __________.

Using conjunctions

• The boy hugged the dog while ___________________.

• The dog's tail wagged when ____ ______________.

​Parts of Speech: Connecting details

Multiple Choice

The owl sat in the tree cautiously while watching a mouse.

What is the preposition in the sentence above?

• Owl

• Sat

• In

• The

Open Ended

Write a sentence about the picture using the preposition "on" and the conjunction "because".

Multiple Choice

The owl sat in the tree cautiously while watching a mouse.

What is the conjunction in the sentence above?

• Tree

• Cautiously

• While

• A

Drag and Drop

The owl sat ​

Placeholder

(preposition) the branch ​

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(conjunction)a mouse went by ​

Placeholder

(preposition). ​

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(conjunction) the mouse didn't know the owl was ​

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(preposition) it, didn't know he should be afraid.

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answer option

on

when

below

Because

above

Match

The brilliant doctor worked as the young boy sat happily on the seat.

Match each term to the word from the sentence above.

• Happily

• Seat

• Worked

• On

• Conjunction

Adverb

Noun

Verb

Preposition

As

• Adverb

• Noun

• Verb

• Preposition

• As