Parts of Speech
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
100

Names a person, place, thing or idea 

What is a noun?

100

The boy and his dog went to the park. (3) 

boy, dog, park 

100

I walk my dog every day. 

Walk/Present Tense

100
On a cold day, I love to eat warm soup. 

Cold (describing day)

Warm (describing soup) 

Tells temperature 

100

Kate quickly completed her homework so she could see her friends. 

Quickly (tells how she completed her homework)

200
Describes a person, place, thing or idea 

What is an adjective?

200

The teacher gave the class a lot of homework. (3) 

teacher, class, homework

200

She ran to the store and bought the last box of doughnuts. 

Ran/Bought (Past)

200

The new blue car and the shiny red car are both for sale. 

New/blue/shiny/red (describing the cars)

Tell about age and color 

200

My sister drives slowly and carefully every time it rains. 

Slowly and carefully (tells how she drives) 

300

An action word or a state of being 

What is a verb? 

300

My mother went to the supermarket and bought milk, bread, cheese, eggs and soda. (7)

mother, supermarket, milk, bread, cheese, eggs, soda 

300

My speech teacher is funny and smart. 

Is (Present)

300

I ate crunchy salty popcorn during the long boring movie. 

Crunch/salty (describing popcorn)

Long/boring (describing movie)

Tell about taste, time, interest 

300
John angrily hung up the phone. 

Angrily (tells how he hung up)

400

Describes a verb by telling how/when something is done; often ends in -ly

What is an adverb?

400

Peter and Jane went to McDonald's and ordered hamburgers and French Fries. (5) 

Peter, Jane, McDonald's, hamburgers, French Fries 

400
My cousin lives in California and works at Google. 

Lives/Works (Present) 

400
There are five hot sandwiches on the large round table in the kitchen.


Five/hot (describing sandwiches)

Large/round (describing table)

Number, temperature, size, shape 

400
My dog barked loudly at the mailman and he immediately left the property.

Loudly (describes how my dog barked)

Immediately (describes how/when the mailman left) 

500
This part of speech has the words "a", "an", "the" in front of it 

What is a noun?

500

Lisa and Joe went to Paris and saw the Eiffel Tower and ate delicious cakes and breads. (6)

Lisa, Joe, Paris, Eiffel Tower, cakes, breads 

500

I will study for my test tomorrow night. 

Will study (Future) 

500
I spilled sticky glue on the dirty messy floor. 

Sticky (describing glue)

Dirty/messy (describing floor)

Describes how something feels, level of cleanliness 

500

The restaurant consistently prepares delicious meals but rarely changes their menu. 

Consistently (how they prepare the meals)

Rarely (how often they change the menu) 

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