Parts of Speech: Adjectives

• Adjectives modify (describe) nouns or pronouns– Examples: (I have a green pen) (They are happy)

• Tell: Which one? How many? What kind?• Include articles (words like a, an, the)

Write the following sentences below. Circle the adjectives and underline the nouns they describe.

1. The beautiful stars twinkled in the night sky.

2. That building is a huge skyscraper.

3. I was ashamed that I didn’t pass the difficult

test.

Parts of Speech: Adverbs

• Modifies adjectives (really cute), verbs (extremely fast), and other adverbs (very easily)

• Tells: How? When? Where? To what extent?• Many adverbs end in LY

Write the sentences below. Circle the adverbs in each sentence

1. My neighbor’s dog is very friendly.

2. The player politely asked the official a question.

3. My family always celebrates my birthday

Parts of Speech: Prepositions• Prepositions show position or direction. • Prepositions introduce prepositional phrases (to the

store)• Words like: across, after, against, around, at, before,

below, between, from, in, of, off, since, to, under, until

Write the sentences below. Circle the preposition in each sentence. Underline the prepositional phrase.

1. We walked up the stairs.

2. My mom took a walk around the block.

3. The pen fell between our desks.

Parts of Speech: Conjunctions• Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses.• Coordinating conjunctions are known as the

FANBOYS• Words like: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

Write the sentences below. Circle the conjunction in each sentence.

1. Rachel and Jennifer went to the mall.

2. Sharon loves to ride roller coasters, but she is

scared of heights.

3. Donald ate all of his dinner, so he got to have

dessert.

Parts of Speech

• Write the sentences below. Label the parts of speech in each sentence.

1. Wesley sang joyfully during music

class.

2. Madison and Alex are best friends.