8 Parts of Speech Activities | Parts of Speech Lesson Plans

Parts of speech are an important aspect of the language taught in ELA. Not only do the parts of speech help in formulating correct sentences, they also help the reader to understand what is taking place. As a staple of clear communication and analysis, mastery of the parts of speech is essential for ELA students.

The 8 Parts of Speech Help You

Understand clearly what is being said in a sentence.
Know how and when to use words correctly.
Reflect more accurately on the English language.

What are the Parts of Speech?

Part of Speech	Definition	Example Words
NOUN	a person, place, thing, or idea	pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John
VERB	action or state of being	(to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must
ADJECTIVE	a quality of a noun	some, good, big, red, interesting
ADVERB	describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb	quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really
PRONOUN	stands in for a noun	I, you, he, she, we, they, your
PREPOSITION	links a noun to another word	to, at, after, on, before, around, over, of, in, for, with, throughout, from, beneath
CONJUNCTION	joins words, clauses, and sentences	and, but, when, or, however, although, nevertheless, therefore, yet, so
INTERJECTION	short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence	oh, ouch, hi, well

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Do You Know Each Part of Speech?

Example Sentences			ANSWER (Part of Speech)
*Ouch!* That hurts!	*Hi!* How are you?	*Well,* I don't know.	Interjection
I like dogs *and* I like cats.	I like cats or dogs.	I like dogs, *but* I don't like cats.	Conjunction
Tara is smart. *She* is going to college three years early.	George wants *his* paper back.	Rashad wants a book, so he goes to the library.	Pronoun
Facebook.com is a website.	I *like* Facebook.com.	I *check* my Facebook every day.	Verb
This is my *dog*.	He lives in my *house*.	We live in *London*.	Noun
We went to school on Monday.	Please look *under* the bed	The book is *about* a boy who gets lost in the woods.	Preposition
My dog is *big*.	I like *big* dogs.	My *big* German Shepherd is *better* than your *tiny* Chihuahua.	Adjective
My dog eats *quickly*.	When he is *very* hungry, he eats *really quickly*.	I *often* get out of bed *slowly*.	Adverb

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Application: How do I Use this in the Classroom?

In reading and writing, it is important to make clear for your audience who or what is most important in a sentence, what is happening, and other important details that enhance the information being conveyed. Using the Storyboard Creator, make visual depictions of the parts of speech to help you remember these important pieces of writing!

Use Storyboard That’s parts of speech template to create your own storyboard using the 8 parts of speech.

Provide students with a sentence that has certain underlined or highlighted words by replacing "EXAMPLE SENTENCE".

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Have students make a visualization of the sentences on the storyboard.

While creating the storyboards, students will make sure to point out which part of speech they are illustrating by drawing attention to the word using an arrow or other indicator.