Parts of Speech

nouns and pronouns

100

Sarah slept.

Sarah

200

I fell asleep on the way to school.

I, school

300

I thought I could stay awake during school. 

I, I, school

400

My teachers were mad at me during classes.

My, teachers, me, classes

500

I fell asleep in my bed at home after school. 

I, my, bed, home, school

adjectives

100

I wore a red dress to the dance.

red

200

The dance had many beautiful decorations.

many, beautiful

300

I saw a lot of ugly people dancing, and no one had a blue dress as beautiful as mine.

ugly, blue, beautiful

400

My funny friend and I laughed as we watched the numerous, ugly people dance in the crowded gym.

funny, numerous, ugly, crowded

500

We found a little room to dance like crazy, even though there were many people, and had so much fun with our pretty friends. 

a little, crazy, many, much, pretty

verbs

100

She ran through the halls.

ran

200

Mr. Christopher yelled as she was running.

yelled, running

300

She slowed down and pushed people in the hallway to get to class.

slowed, pushed, to get

400

Her teacher yelled at her as she walked in because she almost arrived late and missed work. 

yelled, walked, arrived, missed

500

She promised that she would never run in the hallways again, even though she wanted to very badly, because if she ran she could get to classes faster than if she walked.

promised, run, wanted, ran, walked

adverbs

100

She strongly disliked her grade.

strongly

200

She sadly realized that if she reluctantly did her work, she would have a better grade.

sadly, reluctantly 

300

She had to genuinely do her work and have a positively perfect attitude in order to do her work beautifully.

genuinely, positively, beautifully

400

Usually, she didn't feel particularly good about her work, but she almost barely felt like she did a good job on this assignment.

usually, particularly, almost, barely

500

When the slow teacher finally correctly graded her quiz, she quickly learned she barely got a perfectly fine grade of 5/5 on the hard quiz.

finally, correctly, quickly, barely, perfectly

conjunctions

100

She wanted skittles and takis.

and

200

She did good on her quiz, so she was able to choose between skittles and takis.

so, and

300

She wanted a sweet treat, but her mom was busy, so she had to drive her and her friend to the store.

but, so, and

400

Her and her friend didn't know if they wanted candy or chips, but they knew they wanted something crunchy and spicy.

and, or, but, and

500

They drove home together and had chips and candy, yet they were still unhappy, so they went back out to get more takis and skittles.

and, and, yet, so, and