It is important to understand that every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role in the

sentence.

Parts of Speech

Monday

There are eight parts of speech.

NounsPronounsVerbsAdjectivesAdverbsConjunctionsArticlesPrepositionsInterjections

Noun: person, place, thing or or idea

Person: Ms. Morgan likes to eat spinach.

Place: Kealing is the best middle school on earth.

Thing: Ms. Roy owns one million geeky board games.

Quality: Honesty is a great value to possess. Respect is a must between teachers and students.

Pronoun: takes the place of a noun

She likes to eat spinach.

They ran after the run-away cat.

He got sick from eating too many peanuts.

Verb: shows action or state of being

Action: Ms. Stewart fished all summer.

State of being: Ms. Loweis happy every morning.

Adjective: describes a noun

The brilliant students balanced the national budget.

The strange stretches in yoga class made us look like pretzels.

Adverb: describes a verb

The sixth grade students worked happily on their poetry assignments.

The puppies hungrily ate the spilled cereal.

Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentences

Hannah and Alex love to cook.

You will study Greek, or you will study Pig Latin.

I am happy because all my students are respectful to one another.

It has been cloudy since the morning.

Common conjunctions

FANBOYS• For• And• Nor• But• Or • Yet • So

Article: there are only three articles –

the, a, an (Articles are a subset of adjectives.)

The bicycle was not only red, but also shiny.

A yellow moon always appears in October.

An excellent student, Ms. Cooper passed all her exams the first time.

Preposition: a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another part of the sentence.The cat was on the table.The dog was under the table.

These are some common prepositions:

for on to upat under abovetowardwith between in

behindfrom upon into off

Interjections: expressive words

Wow, Ms. Feldman knocked that ball out of the park!

Oh, you really should finish your homework on your own.

Ouch, why did you drop that piano on my toe?

Ah, now I understand the problem.

Tuesday

Play Parts of Speech Game

Play Arcademics Word Invasion http://

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Wednesday

Play Grammar GorillasBeginner (nouns and verbs only)

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

Advanced level (all parts of speech)

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

Thursday

In the sentence below, identify the role/job each word serves.

The beautiful queen walked slowly on the cool lawn, and she read aloud a long book about knights and kings.