Reviewing Parts of Speech

Summary
A review of the eight parts of speech and how to use them. Exercises to test knowledge and skills form the greater part of the lesson content.

Objectives
• to review the eight parts of speech;

• to provide brief definitions and explanations of the eight parts of speech;

• to provide appropriate exercises to test students? understanding.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
If you want to write a sentence, or an email, or a history report, or a list of presents you want for your birthday, you have to use these handy tools. What are these tools? They are different types of words known as the parts of speech. There are eight of them:

1. Nouns: These are the naming words.
2. Verbs: The action words.
3. Pronouns: These words take the place of a noun.
4. Adjectives: Describing words that modify a noun or pronoun.
5. Adverbs: Words that modify verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
6. Prepositions: These words show the relationship between nouns or pronouns to
other words in a sentence.
7. Conjunctions: These can join words, clauses, and phrases together.
8. Interjections: Words to express excitement, sadness, and other strong emotions.

Without the parts of speech, we would not be able to write a sentence. We wouldn?t even be able to speak because every word we say is one of the eight parts of speech! When we use words by reading, writing, and speaking, we are using the parts of speech. These eight tools are what we use to build language.

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