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I have teamed up with Brain Waves Instruction to bring you and your students these unique and engaging parts of speech coloring pages. These coloring pages have three levels; beginner, intermediate and advanced — great for “discreet” differentiation.

Once the page is colored, students can cut out the final design at the bottom of the page and voilá they have a stunning, colorful example of “Pop Art” created from their parts of speech coloring pages. These make for great classroom bulletin board displays!

Teaching or reviewing parts of speech is fun with these “Pop Art” parts of speech coloring pages. I have teamed up with Brain Waves Instruction to bring you and your students these unique and engaging parts of speech coloring pages. These coloring pages have three levels; beginner, intermediate and advanced — great for “discreet” differentiation. Perfect for grades 3 through 8, with a basic version for 2nd grade coming very soon.

Along with our complete resource (see it  HERE ), we created a special FREE SAMPLE for Earth Day using a recycle symbol. You will find a beginner page and an intermediate page included in this FREE sample (see it  HERE ). At the beginning of every level, you will find handouts to use with your students. Use these handouts to go along with your teaching, as a pre-assessment of what students already know, as a fun review, or as a post-assessment at the end of your teaching unit.

We’ve included a large variety of coloring pages in the full resource, including an apple, bat, turkey, Christmas tree, snowman, mittens, bee, “LOVE” symbol, raindrops, and ice cream cone. These pages are selected to be used throughout the year, featuring images appropriate for your activities during autumn, winter, spring, and summer and some of the major holidays included in those seasons. See it HERE .

Beginner coloring pages

On these coloring pages, you will find that words representing the parts of speech are written directly onto the coloring page. Students will identify the part of speech and color it according to the color key at the top of the page.

Beginner pages review 6 parts of speech: noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, and preposition. The  FREE SAMPLE resource includes a coloring page featuring the recycle symbol with the same six parts of speech reviewed.

Intermediate coloring pages 

For this parts of speech coloring activity, students will get two pages. The first page will have a variety of sentences with the parts of speech to be identified underlined. The second page is a coloring page that students will color according to their answers on the first page and the color key at the top of the coloring page.

For example, if the answer to number 1 is “noun,” students would color all the “1’s” on the coloring page red. If the answer for number 2 (on page 1) is “adjective,” students would color all the “2’s” on the coloring page (page 2) green. And so on for all colors and spaces on the coloring page.

Intermediate pages review 6 parts of speech:  noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, and preposition. There are 16 sentences on each page. You will need to supply students with red, yellow, blue, green, purple, and orange in crayons, markers, or colored pencils.

Advanced coloring pages  

For this parts of speech coloring activity, students will have 2 pages, just like the intermediate pages. The first page will have a variety of sentences with a part of speech underlined. The second page is a coloring page that students will color according to their answers on the first page and the color key at the top of the coloring page.

The difference between the advanced and intermediate pages is that the advanced pages review   8 parts of speech:   noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, interjection, and conjunction. And there are 20 to 26 sentences per page so that students can get more practice. You will need red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange, light blue, and light green in crayons, markers, or colored pencils.

FREEBIE:  Download the free sample  HERE  and try it right away.

FULL RESOURCE: If you’d like to go ahead and view the full resource, you will find it HERE .

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Using Coloring with Students

Coloring can be a relaxing activity for students. Even older students enjoy a periodic coloring break. What better way to help students practice the grammar concept of parts of speech than through coloring?

Color by Code Worksheets

I have a FREE set of Color by Code Worksheets . On the coloring sheets students color each part of speech a different color. The pages cover nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.

Illustrated Vocabulary Sheets

I designed these to be accessible to English Language Learners. The coloring sheets are accompanied by illustrated vocabulary sheets. This way if a student does not know the meaning of one of the words used on a coloring sheet, they can reference a vocabulary sheet. The vocabulary sheets are also a great tool to use for writing.

You can get this FREE Parts of Speech Color by Code set in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. However if you sign up for my newsletter at the bottom of this post, I will send you this Freebie. It will have the ADDED BONUS of a black and white version of the vocabulary sheets.

Parts of Speech Color by Code Bundle

If you like this set and want more color by code and illustrated vocabulary sheets, I have sets for the entire school year in a money savings bundle .

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5 Parts of Speech Coloring Pages that Students will Love

Transforming the often dreaded parts of speech lessons into an engaging and enjoyable experience is no longer a challenge when you incorporate these parts of speech coloring pages into your upper elementary grammar lessons.

These fun parts of speech coloring pages are tailor-made for upper elementary students and will provide an element of fun and creativity into your grammar curriculum.

If you have ever been assigned parts of speech practice only to be met with sighs and groans, then it is time to mix up your lessons and incorporate these fun parts of speech coloring pages!

Not only are these Parts of Speech Coloring Quilt Pages fun, but they also have other benefits as well! Continue reading to find out the benefits of using these monthly Parts of Speech Quilts.

Parts of Speech Coloring Pages Benefits

Engaging… First of all, these parts of speech pages are engaging. Often grammar practice can be boring and tedious. These grammar coloring pages can add some fun to your lessons. When students are tasked to find 20 nouns in a paragraph, moans may fill your classroom! But when students are given parts of speech coloring pages and asked to locate and color the parts of speech, students become highly engaged.

Magic is created by simply taking out and using crayons in assignments!

Self-checking… These pages are easy to use. Students can not only complete them independently, but they can also check them independently using the answer key. This makes them perfect for independent practice, centers, substitutes, and more!

Stress relieving… Walk into any book store and you will find adult coloring books. Why? Coloring relaxes the brain and improves focus. It can improve brain function. Coloring can also reduce anxiety and stress. So, providing your students with an activity like Parts of Speech Coloring can help your students in so many ways. After a stressful or busy activity, an assignment that involves coloring can provide needed stress relief for many of your students and provide them with an opportunity to refocus.

No-Prep… These pages have little to no prep for you! Need I say more? We all can use easier prep activities and lessons!

Easily incorporate holidays… So many times we would like to squeeze in a seasonal or holiday activity into our classroom, but time makes it so difficult! Parts of Speech Coloring Pages help you to be able to provide your students with a fun seasonal activity while still learning. Win! Win!

Make great displays… Once completed, these quilts look great hung together on a bulletin board or simply on a wall. Easily create an eye-catching seasonal or holiday display that your students will love! Great to complete and display before classroom visitations, parent nights, or parent-teacher conferences!

Parts of Speech Coloring Pages That Students Love

Your students will be begging for more Color by Code Pages. Grab the bundle or get individual packets like the ones below!

Free Parts of Speech Coloring Pages Quilt

Grab your free set of school-themed quilts by clicking above. Not only is this set perfect for the beginning of school, it can easily be used anytime during the school year.

Teachers have said, “My students loved doing these different quilts. I also love how they are differentiated with different parts of speech.”

Fall Parts of Speech Coloring Pages Quilt

This fun fall-themed parts of speech quilt is perfect to use anytime during the fall season. Sometimes you just need something simple and fun! These easy prep parts of speech pages will have your students begging for more.

Students will identify a variety of parts of speech on these fall quilt pieces. 6 fall-themed color-by-code pages are included in each packet along with answer keys. Simply choose the page or pages you want, print, and go! Students choose their own color code to create eye-catching quilts that make great hallway or bulletin board displays.

October Parts of Speech Coloring Pages Quilt

Six fun Halloween-themed color-by-code pages are included inside this October Parts of Speech packet along with answer keys. Review nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns, proper nouns, verbs, concrete and abstract nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and more!

November Parts of Speech Coloring Pages Quilt

Teachers have loved the Thanksgiving Parts of Speech Quilt packet ! Just look what they have said, “What a fun and engaging way to reinforce the parts of speech. My students loved it! Thank you!”

December Parts of Speech Quilt

These December Parts of Speech Quilts turn out beautiful! They make the perfect classroom display for December! “This is perfect, fun, academic christmas learning activity! My students wanted to do more than one!”

Parts of Speech Coloring Quilts include grammar practice for nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, interjections, conjunctions, singular nouns, plural nouns, action verbs, linking verbs, subordinating conjunctions, and more!

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• Winter Parts of Speech Quilts
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• April/Easter Parts of Speech Quilts
• Spring Parts of Speech Quilts

Once complete, don’t forget to display them on a wall or bulletin board for an eye-catching display that your students and visitors will love!

For even more great tips on teaching grammar, check out my post 3 Great Tips for Teaching Grammar in Elementary.

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19 Parts of Speech Activities That Will Up Your Grammar Game

It’s time to think beyond Mad Libs.

Learning nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other parts of speech can seem boring to kids. It’s one of those basic skills that they need to master grammar, but it doesn’t always seem like much fun. For years, teachers have used Mad Libs to spice it up, but there are plenty of other engaging parts of speech activities out there to try. Here are some of our favorites.

1. Color a parts of speech picture.

Coloring pages are really popular parts of speech activities, with hundreds of them available online. Try this one for free at the site below.

Learn more: A World of Language Learners

2. Make parts of speech signs.

Cut out the large letters and break your class into group by parts of speech. Have each group fill the letters with definitions and examples of their assigned part. Hang up their creations as part of your classroom decor!

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3. Play parts of speech bingo.

This free printable bingo game can be used over and over again in your classroom. Use it with vocabulary or spelling words, or terms from your current lessons in other subjects too.

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4. Re-purpose a set of UNO cards.

Replace the numbers on a set of UNO cards with words instead. The game play is the same, but instead of numbers, players much put down a matching color or part of speech.

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5. Build sentences with LEGO bricks.

Sort LEGO bricks by color, then write words on them using masking tape. Use one color for all the nouns, another for verbs, and so on. Then, build sentences with the bricks, identifying each part of speech as you go.

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6. Throw darts and give examples.

Snag a Velcro dart board at the dollar store and label the different sections with parts of speech. Kids throw a ball or dart, and have to give an example of the part they land on in order to get the points. Fun!

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7. Face off in tic-tac-toe.

Label the parts of a tic-tac-toe board with various parts of speech. To get the square, the player must give an example of that type.

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8. Bag it up.

This is really several parts of speech activities in one. Label a series of bags with the parts of speech, and have your class define each one as you go. Have students write a series of words on index cards (try using vocab or spelling words), then sort them into the correct bags. Finally, pull a word from each bag one at a time and ask a student to use it in a sentence.

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9. Dress up a sentence.

Take a very basic sentence and dress it up using various parts of speech. Teachers and kids both love this one, since it really emphasizes practical application. Get a free printable worksheet to use with this here.

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10. Use parts of speech clip cards.

Parts of speech activities like this one are perfect for independent learning centers. Visit the link for a free printable set of cards.

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11. Hunt and sort eggs.

Fill plastic eggs with a variety of words and hide them around your room (or even the playground). Send kids out to find them, then open and sort them into the correct bucket. ( Find more fun plastic egg activities for the classroom here. )

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12. Go on a parts of speech scavenger hunt.

Grab a stack of old magazines and send students on a hunt to find the various parts of speech. They can cut them out and glue them to posters to hang around the room.

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13. Add a grammar twist to Jenga.

Use colored Jenga blocks to help kids review the parts of speech. Get the full rules and free printables at the link below.

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14. Learn the Parts of Speech Poem.

This anonymously-written poem has been around a long time. Have your students learn it, and they can use it as a guide during all sorts of parts of speech activities.

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15. Play Hangman with parts of speech.

Put a grammar spin on Hangman by giving students a clue about the part of speech being spelled out.

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16. Make your morning message more meaningful.

Take a few moments to analyze your morning message (or any other memo or handout kids receive or read) to look for various parts of speech.

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17. Match up parts of speech dominoes.

Make free printable word dominoes, then match a part of speech with an example word on each turn.

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18. Sort magnetic poetry words and make sentences.

If you’ve got magnetic poetry words on hand, they’re ideal for parts of speech activities! Sort them by type, then make sentences that fit specific patterns (e.g. “article + adjective + noun + helping verb + verb” etc.)

19. Sort vocabulary words with a free printable.

Use our free customizable printable to sort vocabulary words from your current lessons. Grab it here.

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Parts of Speech Coloring Comic Workbook

Supercharge your knowledge of the parts of speech with this  coloring comic workbook !

Give your own artistic flair to 21 colorable comics  that entertain as they teach the parts of speech. The book also includes  18 practice exercises  to help you master your nouns , pronouns , verbs , adjectives , adverbs , conjunctions , prepositions , and interjections . Brain challenges along the way help the information stick! When you’re finished, check out the super secret bonus content, including  5 extra comics  to help you master complete sentences.

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What’s Inside?

Master the parts of speech with 21 colorable comics that entertain as they teach. The book also includes 18 practice exercises , as well as 5 additional comics on main and subordinate clauses !

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Standards-Based Grammar Instruction

Fifty pages of standards-aligned grammar instruction! Students will be able to:

• Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
• Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future.
• Use frequently occurring conjunctions
• Form and use prepositional phrases.

And so much more!

Fine Motor Skills + Creativity

Twenty-one colorable comics on the parts of speech and five additional comics on clauses provide students opportunities to improve their fine motor skills. They can also express their own artistic vision!

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Brain challenges allow students to use retrieval practice, a powerful teaching strategy that improves long-term retention by reviewing what they know. This aids in metacognition in that students can identify gaps in their own knowledge.

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Visual supports, fill-in-the-blank, vocabulary lists, and opportunities to create original sentences provide differentiation and support for English language learners.

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This is a fun Back to School coloring activity that will have your students asking for MORE! Reviewing and practicing parts of speech has never been more fun for students and EASY for teachers!

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This resource was created with both students AND teachers in mind. The color by code sheets are super easy to prepare. Just copy and go! Students love the change of pace, but they are still reviewing important grammar skills by identifying parts of speech.

There are 6 visually appealing color by code printables in this packet. Each sheet is Back to School themed and reviews the basic parts of speech. Answer keys are included!

The Back to School coloring pages include: • Pencil and Glue • Scissors and Paper • School Bus • School House • Owl and Pencil • Lunch Bag and Apple

The parts of speech reviewed in this packet are: • Nouns • Verbs • Adjectives • Adverbs • Pronouns • Prepositions • Articles (a, an, the)

The finished pictures make a great wall display or bulletin board decoration!

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Parts of Speech Flip Book

Writer’s Workshop is a writing program for your whole family, from emergent writers right up to Mom and Dad. This is a sample exercise about the parts of speech. Try it with all your kids.

This Writer’s Workshop exercise is from Writer’s Workshop Jump Start , which is the first unit to dig into with your family. In Jump Start, you’ll learn to use the Journal as a place to pour your thoughts out unimpeded, re-wire your thinking to begin expressing yourself with writing rather than seeing it as a chore, and learn to take a piece of writing clear through the writing process to publication. Join us for a family-style writing program in Writer’s Workshop .

As kids begin writing, it’s important to understand the basic parts of speech. Words do jobs for us. Each part of speech does a special job in a sentence. Once we understand those jobs, we can begin to use them to write more clear, descriptive, cohesive sentences.

Step 1 Mini-Lesson

Start each Writer’s Workshop lesson off with a 5-10 minute mini-lesson with all of your kids. The sidebars of each Writer’s Workshop unit are lined with mini-lesson ideas to choose from. For this lesson, you will review pronouns.

Practice coming up with pronouns together. Begin by brainstorming a list of nouns. Together, think of words that could take the place of those nouns.

Shopping carts = them

Lucille and I = we

Jackie = she

Now everyone can write a sentence or two that uses pronouns. Use a highlighter pen to highlight the pronouns you used.

Step 2 Exercise: Parts of Speech Flipbook

Spend most of your Writer’s Workshop time on the exercise, which should last as long or as short as you need it to, day by day.

For this exercise, you’ll need construction paper, a ruler, a hole punch, pencils, markers, brads, scissors, and the  Parts of Speech printable  to use as a reference.

Make a flip book to help you learn each of the parts of speech.

The biggest sheet is a full-size sheet of construction paper. Each page was reduced by one ruler’s width from the one underneath it. Put your ruler down along the bottom edge, trace the edge with a pencil, and then cut along the line. Sharply crease each page so it will easily flip up along the crease mark. Hole punch the top and attach the whole flipbook together with brads.

Use the  Parts of Speech printable  to define each part of speech. If you want to, you can color-coordinate our printable with our flipbook so visual kids can associate each color with its assigned part of speech. Write example words on each page of the flip book to create a word bank for each part of speech.

As you come across interesting words, keep adding them to your flipbook. You can keep it on hand as you write to provide a word bank of interesting words. It provides access to vivid words and reminds you to use lots of description and full sentences as you write.  You can also use your flipbook to quiz on the parts of speech or help you fill out mad libs for a review of the parts of speech.

Step 3: Writing Project

Most exercises stay in your Writer’s Notebook to be used a reference, inspiration, or to be tossed at a later date, but about once a month, one piece of writing should be taken clear through the writing process. This is your writing project.

As you are working on your writing project this month, keep your Parts of Speech Flip Book at your side. If you find short sentences that lack description, you can remind yourself to throw in a brilliant verb, an adjective, an adverb, and a preposition.

You can learn details about the writing process and how to mentor writers in the Writer’s Workshop Guidebook .

Step 4: Evaluating Writing

Every piece of writing that makes it to publication needs to be shared before an audience and then evaluated. The audience should cheer for the writer and ask curious and positive questions about the writing when appropriate. Evaluations should be designed to help the writer grow, not just to create a grade. Every Writer’s Workshop Unit comes with specific helps for the evaluator including a rubric that is specific to the genre being taught. General writing evaluation criteria and strategies are taught to the parent in the Writer’s Workshop Guidebook .

What You’ll Find in Every Writer’s Workshop Unit

You’ll find printables in every Writer’s Workshop unit. They are tools for helping kids learn the writing process, skills, and ways to write in specific genres. They make lessons in a family-school setting a little more manageable for parents too.

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In each unit, kids will be doing a variety of writing exercises as well as one project. They will learn to take their project through the writing process, incorporating what they’ve learned during the exercises. Each unit has a big idea bank for kids to choose from so they can find something meaningful that they get to choose personally in each genre.

Every unit also includes a rubric to help parents or mentors know how to give feedback that will help writers grow. Rubrics are tools writers can use to self-check and mentors can use to know what to look for in each writing genre. We never just slap a grade on writing. Every bit of feedback is a tool to improve and grow.

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32 thoughts on “Parts of Speech Flip Book”

I really love these ideas and will be using them as we review this. I really like the flip book idea and also the index card race. One thing that we have done (we use the Waldorf approach, and this is part of that pedagogy) is beginning around the second grade when we first start nouns and verbs (which are introduced at that time as “naming” and “doing” words), we assign a color to each part of speech. Nouns are blue, verbs are red, etc. We use these color codes for all the elementary years when we are doing grammar. So if we are identifying parts of speech in a passage, I would have my child underline them in the appropriate colors. If we are writing something for a grammar exercise, they would write each word in the proper color. This really helps reinforce which words are which, especially as we do this consistently for several years. I’ve had my son write little “poems” by writing first a noun, then the same noun with a verb, then adding an adjective, then an adverb, etc… all in the assigned colors. He got a kick out of coming up with something silly. We have also used movement in our lessons–talking about verbs by having the child think of different verbs and act them out, really reinforcing the idea of a verb as an action word. Adverbs would be great for acting out also. Another thing we recently did was that we were studying Norse Mythology at the same time we were learning about verb tenses. In the Norse Myths, there are three characters called the Three Norns… one is in charge of everything related to the past, one handles everything related to the present, and one knows everything about the future. It was so easy to tie this into learning about past, present, and future tenses, and we explored sentences related to the myths as we were first learning about this topic. We took sentences directly out of the stories we’d read and tried re-stating them according to how each of the Norns would have said it. My son got the concept so easily this way. I highly recommend D’Aulaire’s Norse Myths anyway; they were wildly popular with my son.

So many great ideas! Thanks Lisa! I love the idea of color coding. And we adore D’Aulaire’s Myths. . . a favorite at our house too.

Hi Montessori philosophy also colour codes 🙂

Hello, Congratulations ! Il love your work ! I’m a french teacher and I’d like to reuse it with my pupils. Could you please tell me the name of the jobs ? ( interjection : show emotion etc. ) Thanks a lot !

If you look at the worksheet, it tells you each of the jobs, We used the ideas from the worksheet to make the flipbook.

I like this Idea. What worksheets u r talking about plz?

The parts of speech worksheet is linked to in the post. I’ll relink it here .

What grade would you use this with?

Any age could use this if they haven’t learned it before or for a review or reminder. But usually in 3rd grade the parts of speech would be covered for the first time. Kids who are good readers could learn it earlier. Kids who struggle to read and write could have it delayed a bit.

Great idea…am using it with my sped kids

This is terrific. Have you made them smaller and more portable for older learners? I’m looking to make flip books for teachers working with ELLs as well.

The needs of SPED and ELL are similar even though the causes are different. Thus anything you do for one, should help the other, and the “regular” kids as well.

I haven’t made smaller versions. The worksheet could just be electronically reduced when you print it. The flipbooks are just made of construction paper, so you could craft it to be any size you wanted.

Hi! Not sure if I saw this correctly, but on your examples, quickly and unusually is an adverb, not an adjective. Thank you for your resource.

Yes, the kids made several mistakes on their flip books. These photos were taken in process as the lesson progressed. You can see that “unusually” was scratched out to be “unusual” and we did continue to make corrections and add lots more words as well over the next lesson or two. Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing this. It was great fun to put together with our daughter and it will be a great reference for her as she advances in her writing skills.

This is great we Waldorf homeschool and we will definitely be making this and color coordinating it. What a great idea thanks for posting. It would be good to do this for punctuation as well. Each page a different mark.

I use grammar flipcharts every year in my ESL class. My only suggestion is that I have my students write them so that when they see the word adjective on the edge of the paper, all the info above it is about adjectives, not the part of speech introduced before the adjective. That way the visual association is made. For example in the photo above, a student sees the word preposition but the words are adverbs. Since the brain is always searching to make connections, it is helpful that the label and the examples are seen together. Flipbooks are great tool for grammar. Enjoy using them.

That’s a great point Pamela. We frequently use ours as a self-quizzing tool. The kids read the part of speech, and then have to list off a bunch of examples before they flip it over to see if they’re right. I prefer to have them “hidden” for that reason, but otherwise I think your suggestion is terrific. Thanks!

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I love the flip books ! Thanks! Patty

First year homeschooling a second and first grader, I find this post extremely helpful. I’m your newest follower.

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Me encantan sus ideas .. y las utilizo en mis practicas gracias y espero que me acepten

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A fantastic way to teach writing,beats the trouble of reaching for the dictionary.

This is an awesome idea.i love everything about it. I plan to use it for a review with my grandson.

I absolutely love this idea! I am going to use it for my daughter, she is dyslexic, & needs to constantly go over and over the same concept until it eventually sticks in her long term memory. Thank you for the great idea!

I am very interested in the flip book as well as the writing. I teach self contained and always looking for new ideas or ways to present material to my students.

Wow! The parts of Speech flipbook looks amazing and will be so useful for my therapy students. Thank you!

Hi The flipbook is a wonderful tool for learning. Will introduce it with my grand children

Thank you for such a great idea. I’m planning to get my students to do this at the beginning of the school year next March. Thanks to others who have given ideas here as well.

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Parts of Speech Color Key – Intermediate

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This parts of speech color key is designed for 4th, 5th and 6th grade students.

Use this set for your older students who are reviewing the parts of speech.

This will be a fun opportunity for students to review.

This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families from www.freewordwork.com.

Why use color key sets

These sets offer a fun way for students to review a skill.

Often, worksheets providing students with skill practice are not exciting for kids to complete. The goal of these pages is to provide the skill practice along with a fun activity.

Along with the practice of identifying parts of speech, these pages also provide fine motor and hand eye coordination practice. Something that students might not always get in the upper grades but skills that are still beneficial.

Parts of speech color key pages for intermediate students

These pages are designed for your students in the upper grades.

The parts of speech included are: nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions, interjections, articles, adverbs and prepositions.

You might have students begin by coloring the crayons at the top – at this age it isn’t needed but might still be helpful.

Children will then color the words according to the key.

The words are designed to fit into a classroom for students also working on vocabulary.

You might choose to allow your students a device to check their answers as they work.

You can download this free set by clicking on the blue pencil below:

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Sentence Patterning Chart for Language Acquisition and Writing

February 10, 2019

The Sentence Patterning Chart is a language acquisition strategy that works wonders for all students, but especially for students who are English language learners or students who are struggling in writing. When developing sentence structure, this sentence patterning chart clearly conveys how a noun and verb work together in a sentence and how adding descriptive words, such as adjectives and adverbs, and expanding sentences using prepositional phrases creates stronger, more descriptive sentences. This aligns with many ELA standards as well as the CA ELD Standards .

The Sentence Patterning Chart is HIGHLY engaging and has a very low affective filer because of the embedded scaffolds! The truth is nothing that I’ve written above or below this sentence matters if your students are not engaged. That is our number one goal as teachers, isn’t it? Let me tell you that students who NEVER participate are on their knees raising their hands as high as possible so that they’re chosen to participate.

Benefits of the Sentence Patterning Chart

• Oral language development when naming parts of speech and sentence chanting
• Vocabulary development through the use of gestures
• Sentence structure/syntax development
• Metacognition when building sentences and ensuring that they MAKE SENSE… although silly sentences can serve a purpose once in a while 😉
• Repetitive practice expanding and enriching sentences
• Multiple opportunities for reading and writing
• Incorporation of phonics and phonemic awareness
• Opportunities for students to present
• Social/Emotional development through cooperative learning and teamwork
• Builds self-esteem using a very low affective filter. ALL STUDENTS FEEL SUCCESSFUL.
• Connections to the topic/unit of study to support reading and writing

Embedded Scaffolds

• Color coding
• Shape coding
• Peer support
• Word banks to assist with generating words
• Sketches/gestures for any and all words whenever possible

Preparing the Sentence Patterning Chart

• Generate and post language objective (i.e. Students will write descriptive sentences about (content/topic) using adjectives, nouns, verbs, [adverbs 2-5], and prepositional phrases in teams.
• The colors and shapes chosen for each part of speech should be consistent school-wide and through the years.
• Headings for K-1: adjective, noun, verb, prepositional phrase
• Headings for 2-5: adjective, noun, verb, adverb, prepositional phrase

1. Sing the parts of speech chant to the “Farmer in the Dell” tune.

• SPC K-1 Chant: adjective adjective noun, adjective adjective noun, adjective adjective adjective noun verb prepositional phrase
• SPC 2nd-5th Chant: adjective adjective noun, adjective adjective noun, adjective adjective noun verb adverb prepositional phrase

2. Quickly review each part of speech.

3. Teacher selects a noun (person) related to the topic of study. For example, if you’re studying about geology, you might select geologist or astronaut if you’re studying space.

4. Teacher guides students to provide adjectives, verbs and prepositional phrases. For 2nd-5th grade, students also generate adverbs, which is the column that is completed last. If students are having a hard time thinking of words, you can provide gestures or word banks as a scaffold.

5. Teacher selects students to come up and place a sticky note on a word/phrase for each part of speech to create a class sentence. I choose a different student for each part of speech to maximize participation. Once the words are chosen, students can chant the sentence using Farmer in the Dell tune. Generate as many sentences as desired!

Insert –> Student Collaboration

6. As a team, students decide which adjective/verb/adverb/prepositional phrase they want to use and write a sentence of their own on a white sentence strip.  Students color/shape code their sentences.  Every student on the team is required to write. If students finish this early, they may come up with gestures to match each word in their sentence.

7. Teams present their sentences or sentences with gestures to the rest of their classmates. All students must read together and no student may read upside down.

SPC Extensions

• Read Game: The teacher takes each group’s sentence strip, cuts it up by part of speech and then mixes them up. The teacher then gives each team one adjective, one noun, one verb, one adverb (2-5), and one prepositional phrase. In their same teams, students build a new sentence with proper syntax. The teams then read their new sentence aloud to the class.
• Trade Game: Teacher gives a team a sentence that is missing a part of speech and has double of another part of speech. Then students need to determine what they have that is needed, what is extra and what is missing. Students circulate the classroom as a team to trade with another team until they have built a complete sentence. I like to give them the following sentence frames to encourage maximum use of the language. Do you have an extra (part of speech)? Yes, we have an extra (part of speech).

Integrated Grammar Lesson Ideas

There are numerous integrated grammar lessons that you can teach your students using the Sentence Patterning Chart. I recommend using your ELA language standards as a guide. Here are some ideas:

• To do this, simply cut another piece of white butcher paper to the same size as your verb column, then tape the top together so it acts as a flip chart.
• Subject-verb agreement (i.e. dog plays vs dogs play)
• Cutting the prepositional phrase column off of the poster and moving it to the front, and teaching the comma. (i.e. “Happy dogs play on the grass.” changes to “On the grass, happy dogs play.”)
• Prefixes and suffixes (i.e. suffix -ly can change a root word from an adjective, happy, to an adverb, happily). This can also give you an opportunity to point out irregular words, such as friendly, that serves as an adjective even with the suffix -ly.
• Phonics/phonemic awareness
• Letters vs words vs phrases vs sentences vs paragraphs

THE LIST GOES ON! Use your foundational skills and language standards to see what other grammar lessons you can teach using this chart that is OWNED by the students and RELATED to your current unit of study!

If you’d like to use this strategy in small groups or as independent work once you’re students are familiar with the process, visit my TPT store for a FREE SPC template !

More Language Acquisition Strategies

• Observation Charts
• Launching Collaborative Groups
• Classroom Management Strategy for Vocabulary Development
• Listen, Then Sketch

Leave a comment below to let me know if you’ve tried this strategy before or if you have any further questions about implementation! I’d love to chat with you!

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Parts of Speech: The Ultimate Guide for Students and Teachers

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What are Parts of Speech ?

Just as a skilled bricklayer must get to grips with the trowel, brick hammer, tape measure, and spirit level, the student-writer must develop a thorough understanding of the tools of their trade too.

In English, words can be categorized according to their common syntactic function in a sentence, i.e. the job they perform.

We call these different categories Parts of Speech . Understanding the various parts of speech and how they work has several compelling benefits for our students.

Without first acquiring a firm grasp of the various parts of speech, students will struggle to fully comprehend how language works. This is essential not only for the development of their reading comprehension but their writing skills too.

Parts of speech are the core building blocks of grammar . To understand how a language works at a sentence and a whole-text level, we must first master parts of speech.

In English, we can identify eight of these individual parts of speech, and these will provide the focus for our Complete Guide to Parts of Speech .

THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH (Click to jump to each section)

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Often the first word a child speaks will be a noun, for example, Mum , Dad , cow , dog , etc.

Nouns are naming words, and, as most school kids can recite, they are the names of people, places, and things . But, what isn’t as widely understood by many of our students is that nouns can be further classified into more specific categories. 

These categories are:

Common Nouns

Proper nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, collective nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns.

All nouns can be classified as either common or proper .

Common nouns are the general names of people, places, and things. They are groups or classes on their own, rather than specific types of people, places, or things such as we find in proper nouns.

Common nouns can be further classified as abstract or concrete – more on this shortly!

Some examples of common nouns include:

People: teacher, author, engineer, artist, singer.

Places: country, city, town, house, garden.

Things: language, trophy, magazine, movie, book.

Proper nouns are the specific names for people, places, and things. Unlike common nouns, which are always lowercase, proper nouns are capitalized. This makes them easy to identify in a text.

Where possible, using proper nouns in place of common nouns helps bring precision to a student’s writing.

Some examples of proper nouns include:

People: Mrs Casey, J.K. Rowling, Nikola Tesla, Pablo Picasso, Billie Eilish.

Places: Australia, San Francisco, Llandovery, The White House, Gardens of Versailles.

Things: Bulgarian, The World Cup, Rolling Stone, The Lion King, The Hunger Games.

Nouns Teaching Activity: Common vs Proper Nouns

• Provide students with books suitable for their current reading level.
• Instruct students to go through a page or two and identify all the nouns.
• Ask students to sort these nouns into two lists according to whether they are common nouns or proper nouns.

As mentioned, all common and proper nouns can be further classified as either concrete or abstract .

A concrete noun is any noun that can be experienced through one of the five senses. In other words, if you can see, smell, hear, taste, or touch it, then it’s a concrete noun.

Some examples of concrete nouns include:

Abstract nouns refer to those things that can’t be experienced or identified through the five senses.

They are not physical things we can perceive but intangible concepts and ideas, qualities and states.

Some examples of abstract nouns include:

Nouns Teaching Activity: Concrete Vs. Abstract Nouns

• Provide students with a book suitable for their current reading level.
• Instruct students to go through a page or two and identify all the nouns (the lists from Practice Activity #1 may be suitable).
• This time, ask students to sort these nouns into two lists according to whether they are concrete or abstract nouns.

A collective noun is the name of a group of people or things. That is, a collective noun always refers to more than one of something.

Some examples of collective nouns include:

People: a board of directors, a team of football players, a cast of actors, a band of musicians, a class of students.

Places: a range of mountains, a suite of rooms, a union of states, a chain of islands.

Things: a bale of hay, a constellation of stars, a bag of sweets, a school of fish, a flock of seagulls.

Countable nouns are nouns that refer to things that can be counted. They come in two flavors: singular and plural .

In their singular form, countable nouns are often preceded by the article, e.g. a , an , or the .

In their plural form, countable nouns are often preceded by a number. They can also be used in conjunction with quantifiers such as a few and many .

Some examples of countable nouns include:

COUNTABLE NOUNS EXAMPLES

Also known as mass nouns, uncountable nouns are, as their name suggests, impossible to count. Abstract ideas such as bravery and compassion are uncountable, as are things like liquid and bread .

These types of nouns are always treated in the singular and usually do not have a plural form. 

They can stand alone or be used in conjunction with words and phrases such as any , some , a little , a lot of , and much .

Some examples of uncountable nouns include:

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS EXAMPLES

Nouns teaching activity: how many can you list .

• Organize students into small groups to work collaboratively.
• Challenge students to list as many countable and uncountable nouns as they can in ten minutes.
• To make things more challenging, stipulate that there must be an uncountable noun and a countable noun to gain a point.
• The winning group is the one that scores the most points.

Without a verb, there is no sentence! Verbs are the words we use to represent both internal and external actions or states of being. Without a verb, nothing happens.

There are many different types of verbs. Here, we will look at five important verb forms organised according to the jobs they perform:

Dynamic Verbs

Stative verbs, transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, auxiliary verbs.

Each verb can be classified as being either an action or a stative verb.

Dynamic or action verbs describe the physical activity performed by the subject of a sentence. This type of verb is usually the first we learn as children. 

For example, run , hit , throw , hide , eat , sleep , watch , write , etc. are all dynamic verbs, as is any action performed by the body.

Let’s see a few examples in sentences:

• I jogged around the track three times.
• She will dance as if her life depends on it.
• She took a candy from the bag, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth.

If a verb doesn’t describe a physical activity, then it is a stative verb.

Stative verbs refer to states of being, conditions, or mental processes. Generally, we can classify stative verbs into four types:

• Emotions/Thoughts

Some examples of stative verbs include: 

Senses: hurt, see, smell, taste, hear, etc.

Emotions: love, doubt, desire, remember, believe, etc.

Being: be, have, require, involve, contain, etc.

Possession: want, include, own, have, belong, etc.

Here are some stative verbs at work in sentences:

• That is one thing we can agree on.
• I remember my first day at school like it was yesterday.
• The university requires students to score at least 80%.
• She has only three remaining.

Sometimes verbs can fit into more than one category, e.g., be , have , look , see , e.g.,

• She looks beautiful. (Stative)
• I look through the telescope. (Dynamic)

Each action or stative verb can also be further classified as transitive or intransitive .

A transitive verb takes a direct object after it. The object is the noun, noun phrase, or pronoun that has something done to it by the subject of the sentence.

We see this in the most straightforward English sentences, i.e., the Subject-Verb-Object or SVO sentence. 

Here are two examples to illustrate. Note: the subject of each sentence is underlined, and the transitive verbs are in bold.

• The teacher answered the student’s questions.
• She studies languages at university.
• My friend loves cabbage.

Most sentences in English employ transitive verbs.

An intransitive verb does not take a direct object after it. It is important to note that only nouns, noun phrases, and pronouns can be classed as direct objects. 

Here are some examples of intransitive verbs – notice how none of these sentences has direct objects after their verbs.

• Jane’s health improved .
• The car ran smoothly.
• The school opens at 9 o’clock.

Auxiliary verbs, also known as ‘helping’ verbs, work with other verbs to affect the meaning of a sentence. They do this by combining with a main verb to alter the sentence’s tense, mood, or voice.

Auxiliary verbs will frequently use not in the negative.

There are relatively few auxiliary verbs in English. Here is a list of the main ones:

• be (am, are, is, was, were, being)
• do (did, does, doing)
• have (had, has, having)

Here are some examples of auxiliary verbs (in bold) in action alongside a main verb (underlined).

She is working as hard as she can.

• You must not eat dinner until after five o’clock.
• The parents may come to the graduation ceremony.

The Subject-Auxiliary Inversion Test

To test whether or not a verb is an auxiliary verb, you can use the Subject-Auxiliary Inversion Test .

• Take the sentence, e.g:
• Now, invert the subject and the suspected auxiliary verb to see if it creates a question.

Is she working as hard as she can?

• Can it take ‘not’ in the negative form?

She is not working as hard as she can.

• If the answer to both of these questions is yes, you have an auxiliary verb. If not, you have a full verb.

Verbs Teaching Activity: Identify the Verbs

• Instruct students to go through an appropriate text length (e.g., paragraph, page, etc.) and compile a list of verbs.
• In groups, students should then discuss and categorize each verb according to whether they think they are dynamic or stative, transitive or intransitive, and/or auxiliary verbs.

The job of an adjective is to modify a noun or a pronoun. It does this by describing, quantifying, or identifying the noun or pronoun. Adjectives help to make writing more interesting and specific. Usually, the adjective is placed before the word it modifies.

As with other parts of speech, not all adjectives are the same. There are many different types of adjectives and, in this article, we will look at:

Descriptive Adjectives

• Degrees of Adjectives

Quantitative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives, possessive adjectives, interrogative adjectives, proper adjectives.

Descriptive adjectives are what most students think of first when asked what an adjective is. Descriptive adjectives tell us something about the quality of the noun or pronoun in question. For this reason, they are sometimes referred to as qualitative adjectives .

Some examples of this type of adjective include:

• hard-working

In sentences, they look like this:

• The pumpkin was enormous .
• It was an impressive feat of athleticism I ever saw.
• Undoubtedly, this was an exquisite vase.
• She faced some tough competition.

Degrees of Adjectives 

Descriptive adjectives have three degrees to express varying degrees of intensity and to compare one thing to another. These degrees are referred to as positive , comparative , and superlative .

The positive degree is the regular form of the descriptive adjective when no comparison is being made, e.g., strong .

The comparative degree is used to compare two people, places, or things, e.g., stronger .

There are several ways to form the comparative, methods include:

• Adding more or less before the adjective
• Adding -er to the end of one syllable adjectives
• For two-syllable adjectives ending in y , change the y to an i and add -er to the end.

The superlative degree is typically used when comparing three or more things to denote the upper or lowermost limit of a quality, e.g., strongest .

There are several ways to form the superlative, including:

• Adding most or least before the adjective
• Adding -est to the end of one syllable adjectives
• For two-syllable adjectives ending in y , change the y to an i and add -est to the end.

There are also some irregular adjectives of degree that follow no discernible pattern that must be learned off by students, e.g., good – better – best .

Let’s take a look at these degrees of adjectives in their different forms.

Let’s take a quick look at some sample sentences:

• It was a beautiful example of kindness. 

Comparative

• The red is nice, but the green is prettier .

Superlative

• This mango is the most delicious fruit I have ever tastiest. 

Quantitive adjectives provide information about how many or how much of the noun or pronoun.

Some quantitive adjectives include:

• She only ate half of her sandwich.
• This is my first time here.
• I would like three slices, please.
• There isn’t a single good reason to go.
• There aren’t many places like it.
• It’s too much of a good thing.
• I gave her a whole box of them.

A demonstrative adjective identifies or emphasizes a noun’s place in time or space. The most common demonstrative adjectives are this , that , these , and those .

Here are some examples of demonstrative adjectives in use:

• This boat is mine.
• That car belongs to her.
• These shoes clash with my dress.
• Those people are from Canada.

Possessive adjectives show ownership, and they are sometimes confused with possessive pronouns.

The most common possessive adjectives are my , your , his , her , our , and their .

Students need to be careful not to confuse these with possessive pronouns such as mine , yours , his (same in both contexts), hers , ours , and theirs .

Here are some examples of possessive adjectives in sentences:

• My favorite food is sushi.
• I would like to read your book when you have finished it.
• I believe her car is the red one.
• This is their way of doing things.
• Our work here is done.

Interrogative adjectives ask questions, and, in common with many types of adjectives, they are always followed by a noun. Basically, these are the question words we use to start questions. Be careful however, interrogative adjectives modify nouns. If the word after the question word is a verb, then you have an interrogative adverb on hand.

Some examples of interrogative adjectives include what , which , and whose .

Let’s take a look at these in action:

• What drink would you like?
• Which car should we take?
• Whose shoes are these?

Please note: Whose can also fit into the possessive adjective category too.

We can think of proper adjectives as the adjective form of proper nouns – remember those? They were the specific names of people, places, and things and need to be capitalized.

Let’s take the proper noun for the place America . If we wanted to make an adjective out of this proper noun to describe something, say, a car we would get ‘ American car’.

Let’s take a look at another few examples:

• Joe enjoyed his cup of Ethiopian coffee.
• My favorite plays are Shakespearean tragedies.
• No doubt about it, Fender guitars are some of the best in the world.
• The Mona Lisa is a fine example of Renaissance art.

Though it may come as a surprise to some, articles are also adjectives as, like all adjectives, they modify nouns. Articles help us determine a noun’s specification. 

For example, ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used in front of an unspecific noun, while ‘the’ is used when referring to a specific noun.

Let’s see some articles as adjectives in action!

• You will find an apple inside the cupboard.
• This is a car.
• The recipe is a family secret.

Adjectives Teaching Activity: Types of Adjective Tally

• Choose a suitable book and assign an appropriate number of pages or length of a chapter for students to work with.
• Students work their way through each page, tallying up the number of each type of adjective they can identify using a table like the one below:
• Note how degrees of adjective has been split into comparative and superlative. The positive forms will take care of in the descriptive category.
• You may wish to adapt this table to exclude the easier categories to identify, such as articles and demonstrative, for example.

Traditionally, adverbs are defined as those words that modify verbs, but they do so much more than that. They can be used not only to describe how verbs are performed but also to modify adjectives, other adverbs, clauses, prepositions, or entire sentences.

With such a broad range of tasks at the feet of the humble adverb, it would be impossible to cover every possibility in this article alone. However, there are five main types of adverbs our students should familiarize themselves with. These are:

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of time, adverbs of frequency, adverbs of place, adverbs of degree.

Adverbs of manner describe how or the way in which something happens or is done. This type of adverb is often the first type taught to students. Many of these end with -ly . Some common examples include happily , quickly , sadly , slowly , and fast .

Here are a few taster sentences employing adverbs of manner:

• She cooks Chinese food well .
• The children played happily together.
• The students worked diligently on their projects.
• Her mother taught her to cross the road carefully .
• The date went badly .

Adverbs of time indicate when something happens. Common adverbs of time include before , now , then , after , already , immediately , and soon .

Here are some sentences employing adverbs of time:

• I go to school early on Wednesdays.
• She would like to finish her studies eventually .
• Recently , Sarah moved to Bulgaria.
• I have already finished my homework.
• They have been missing training lately .

While adverbs of time deal with when something happens, adverbs of frequency are concerned with how often something happens. Common adverbs of frequency include always , frequently , sometimes , seldom , and never .

Here’s what they look like in sentences:

• Harry usually goes to bed around ten.
• Rachel rarely eats breakfast in the morning.
• Often , I’ll go home straight after school.
• I occasionally have ketchup on my pizza.
• She seldom goes out with her friends.

Adverbs of place, as the name suggests, describe where something happens or where it is. They can refer to position, distance, or direction. Some common adverbs of place include above , below , beside , inside , and anywhere .

Check out some examples in the sentences below:

• Underneath the bridge, there lived a troll.
• There were pizzerias everywhere in the city.
• We walked around the park in the pouring rain.
• If the door is open, then go inside .
• When I am older, I would like to live nearby .

Adverbs of degree express the degree to which or how much of something is done. They can also be used to describe levels of intensity. Some common adverbs of degree include barely , little , lots , completely , and entirely .

Here are some adverbs of degree at work in sentences:

• I hardly noticed her when she walked into the room.
• The little girl had almost finished her homework.
• The job was completely finished.
• I was so delighted to hear the good news.
• Jack was totally delighted to see Diane after all these years.

Adverb Teaching Activity: The Adverb Generator

• Give students a worksheet containing a table divided into five columns. Each column bears a heading of one of the different types of adverbs ( manner , time , frequency , place , degree ).
• Challenge each group to generate as many different examples of each adverb type and record these in the table.
• The winning group is the one with the most adverbs. As a bonus, or tiebreaker, task the students to make sentences with some of the adverbs.

Pronouns are used in place of a specific noun used earlier in a sentence. They are helpful when the writer wants to avoid repetitive use of a particular noun such as a name. For example, in the following sentences, the pronoun she is used to stand for the girl’s name Mary after it is used in the first sentence. 

Mary loved traveling. She had been to France, Thailand, and Taiwan already, but her favorite place in the world was Australia. She had never seen an animal quite as curious-looking as the duck-billed platypus.

We also see her used in place of Mary’s in the above passage. There are many different pronouns and, in this article, we’ll take a look at:

Subject Pronouns

Object pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, intensive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns.

Subject pronouns are the type of pronoun most of us think of when we hear the term pronoun . They operate as the subject of a verb in a sentence. They are also known as personal pronouns.

The subject pronouns are:

Here are a few examples of subject pronouns doing what they do best:

• Sarah and I went to the movies last Thursday night.
• That is my pet dog. It is an Irish Wolfhound.
• My friends are coming over tonight, they will be here at seven.
• We won’t all fit into the same car.
• You have done a fantastic job with your grammar homework!

Object pronouns operate as the object of a verb, or a preposition, in a sentence. They act in the same way as object nouns but are used when it is clear what the object is.

The object pronouns are:

Here are a few examples of object pronouns in sentences:

• I told you , this is a great opportunity for you .
• Give her some more time, please.
• I told her I did not want to do it .
• That is for us .
• Catherine is the girl whom I mentioned in my letter.

Possessive pronouns indicate ownership of a noun. For example, in the sentence:

These books are mine .

The word mine stands for my books . It’s important to note that while possessive pronouns look similar to possessive adjectives, their function in a sentence is different.

The possessive pronouns are:

Let’s take a look at how these are used in sentences:

• Yours is the yellow jacket.
• I hope this ticket is mine .
• The train that leaves at midnight is theirs .
• Ours is the first house on the right.
• She is the person whose opinion I value most.
• I believe that is his .

Reflexive pronouns are used in instances where the object and the subject are the same. For example, in the sentence, she did it herself , the words she and herself refer to the same person.

The reflexive pronoun forms are:

Here are a few more examples of reflexive pronouns at work:

• I told myself that numerous times.
• He got himself a new computer with his wages.
• We will go there ourselves .
• You must do it yourself .
• The only thing to fear is fear itself .

This type of pronoun can be used to indicate emphasis. For example, when we write, I spoke to the manager herself , the point is made that we talked to the person in charge and not someone lower down the hierarchy. 

Similar to the reflexive pronouns above, we can easily differentiate between reflexive and intensive pronouns by asking if the pronoun is essential to the sentence’s meaning. If it isn’t, then it is used solely for emphasis, and therefore, it’s an intensive rather than a reflexive pronoun.

Often confused with demonstrative adjectives, demonstrative pronouns can stand alone in a sentence.

When this , that , these , and those are used as demonstrative adjectives they come before the noun they modify. When these same words are used as demonstrative pronouns, they replace a noun rather than modify it.

Here are some examples of demonstrative pronouns in sentences:

• This is delicious.
• That is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
• These are not mine.
• Those belong to the driver.

Interrogative pronouns are used to form questions. They are the typical question words that come at the start of questions, with a question mark coming at the end. The interrogative pronouns are:

Putting them into sentences looks like this:

• What is the name of your best friend?
• Which of these is your favourite?
• Who goes to the market with you?
• Whom do you think will win?
• Whose is that?

Pronoun Teaching Activity: Pronoun Review Table

• Provide students with a review table like the one below to revise the various pronoun forms.
• They can use this table to help them produce independent sentences.
• Once students have had a chance to familiarize themselves thoroughly with each of the different types of pronouns, provide the students with the headings and ask them to complete a table from memory.  

Prepositions

Prepositions provide extra information showing the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another part of a sentence. These are usually short words that come directly before nouns or pronouns, e.g., in , at , on , etc.

There are, of course, many different types of prepositions, each relating to particular types of information. In this article, we will look at:

Prepositions of Time

Prepositions of place, prepositions of movement, prepositions of manner, prepositions of measure.

• Preposition of Agency
• Preposition of Possession
• Preposition of Source

Phrasal Prepositions

It’s worth noting that several prepositional words make an appearance in several different categories of prepositions.

Prepositions of time indicate when something happens. Common prepositions of time include after , at , before , during , in , on .

Let’s see some of these at work:

• I have been here since Thursday.
• My daughter was born on the first of September.
• He went overseas during the war.
• Before you go, can you pay the bill, please?
• We will go out after work.

Sometimes students have difficulty knowing when to use in , on , or at . These little words are often confused. The table below provides helpful guidance to help students use the right preposition in the right context.

The prepositions of place, in , at , on , will be instantly recognisable as they also double as prepositions of time. Again, students can sometimes struggle a little to select the correct one for the situation they are describing. Some guidelines can be helpful.

• If something is contained or confined inside, we use in .
• If something is placed upon a surface, we use on .
• If something is located at a specific point, we use at .

A few example sentences will assist in illustrating these:

• He is in the house.
• I saw it in a magazine.
• In France, we saw many great works of art.
• Put it on the table.
• We sailed on the river.
• Hang that picture on the wall, please.
• We arrived at the airport just after 1 pm.
• I saw her at university.
• The boy stood at the window.

Usually used with verbs of motion, prepositions of movement indicate movement from one place to another. The most commonly used preposition of movement is to .

Some other prepositions of movement include:

Here’s how they look in some sample sentences:

• The ball rolled across the table towards me.
• We looked up into the sky.
• The children ran past the shop on their way home.
• Jackie ran down the road to greet her friend.
• She walked confidently through the curtains and out onto the stage.

Preposition of manner shows us how something is done or how it happens. The most common of these are by , in , like , on , with .

Let’s take a look at how they work in sentences:

• We went to school by bus.
• During the holidays, they traveled across the Rockies on foot.
• Janet went to the airport in a taxi.
• She played soccer like a professional.
• I greeted her with a smile.

Prepositions of measure are used to indicate quantities and specific units of measurement. The two most common of these are by and of .

Check out these sample sentences:

• I’m afraid we only sell that fabric by the meter.
• I will pay you by the hour.
• She only ate half of the ice cream. I ate the other half.
• A kilogram of apples is the same weight as a kilogram of feathers.

Prepositions of Agency

These prepositions indicate the causal relationship between a noun or pronoun and an action. They show the cause of something happening. The most commonly used prepositions of agency are by and with .

Here are some examples of their use in sentences:

• The Harry Potter series was written by J.K. Rowling.
• This bowl was made by a skilled craftsman.
• His heart was filled with love.
• The glass was filled with water.

Prepositions of Possession

Prepositions of possessions indicate who or what something belongs to. The most common of these are of , to , and with .

Let’s take a look:

• He is the husband of my cousin.
• He is a friend of the mayor.
• This once belonged to my grandmother.
• All these lands belong to the Ministry.
• The man with the hat is waiting outside.
• The boy with the big feet tripped and fell.

Prepositions of Source

Prepositions of source indicate where something comes from or its origins. The two most common prepositions of source are from and by . There is some crossover here with prepositions of agency.

Here are some examples:

• He comes from New Zealand.
• These oranges are from our own orchard.
• I was warmed by the heat of the fire.
• She was hugged by her husband.
• The yoghurt is of Bulgarian origin.

Phrasal prepositions are also known as compound prepositions. These are phrases of two or more words that function in the same way as prepositions. That is, they join nouns or pronouns to the rest of the sentence.

Some common phrasal prepositions are:

• According to
• For a change
• In addition to
• In spite of
• Rather than
• With the exception of

Students should be careful of overusing phrasal prepositions as some of them can seem clichéd. Frequently, it’s best to say things in as few words as is necessary.

Preposition Teaching Activity: Pr eposition Sort

• Print out a selection of the different types of prepositions on pieces of paper.
• Organize students into smaller working groups and provide each group with a set of prepositions.
• Using the headings above as categories, challenge students to sort the prepositions into the correct groups. Note that some prepositions will comfortably fit into more than one group.
• The winning group is the one to sort all prepositions correctly first.
• As an extension exercise, students can select a preposition from each category and write a sample sentence for it.

ConjunctionS

Conjunctions are used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. There are three main types of conjunction that are used to join different parts of sentences. These are:

• Coordinating
• Subordinating
• Correlative

Coordinating Conjunctions

These conjunctions are used to join sentence components that are equal such as two words, two phrases, or two clauses. In English, there are seven of these that can be memorized using the mnemonic FANBOYS:

Here are a few example sentences employing coordinating conjunctions:

• As a writer, he needed only a pen and paper.
• I would describe him as strong but lazy.
• Either we go now or not at all.

Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions are used to introduce dependent clauses in sentences. Basically, dependent clauses are parts of sentences that cannot stand as complete sentences on their own. 

Some of the most common subordinate conjunctions are: 

Let’s take a look at some example sentences:

• I will complete it by Tuesday if I have time.
• Although she likes it, she won’t buy it.
• Jack will give it to you after he finds it.

Correlative Conjunctions

Correlative conjunctions are like shoes; they come in pairs. They work together to make sentences work. Some come correlative conjunctions are:

• either / or
• neither / nor
• Not only / but also

Let’s see how some of these work together:

• If I were you, I would get either the green one or the yellow one.
• John wants neither pity nor help.
• I don’t know whether you prefer horror or romantic movies.

Conjunction Teaching Activity: Conjunction Challenge

• Organize students into Talking Pairs .
• Partner A gives Partner B an example of a conjunction.
• Partner B must state which type of conjunction it is, e.g. coordinating, subordinating, or correlative.
• Partner B must then compose a sentence that uses the conjunction correctly and tell it to Partner A.
• Partners then swap roles.

InterjectionS

Interjections focus on feelings and are generally grammatically unrelated to the rest of the sentence or sentences around them. They convey thoughts and feelings and are common in our speech. They are often followed by exclamation marks in writing. Interjections include expressions such as:

• Eww! That is so gross!
• Oh , I don’t know. I’ve never used one before.
• That’s very… err …generous of you, I suppose.
• Wow! That is fantastic news!
• Uh-Oh! I don’t have any more left.

Interjection Teaching Activity: Create a scenario

• Once students clearly understand what interjections are, brainstorm as a class as many as possible.
• Write a master list of interjections on the whiteboard.
• Partner A suggests an interjection word or phrase to Partner B.
• Partner B must create a fictional scenario where this interjection would be used appropriately.

With a good grasp of the fundamentals of parts of speech, your students will now be equipped to do a deeper dive into the wild waters of English grammar. 

To learn more about the twists and turns of English grammar, check out our comprehensive article on English grammar here.

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