Parts of Speech


Here's a Quinzaine about parts of speech:

Parts of Speech
Alone, lost, anxious to help
Create complete thoughts
when joined


Yes, parts of speech are the individual parts that make up sentences. They each have a specific job. Let's find out more.

 


What is a noun?
What is a verb?
What is a conjunction?
What's an adjective? What is an adverb?
What is a preposition?
What is a Pronoun?


Professor Pen's Parts of Speech Poetry Parade
Part of Speech
Type of Poem
 
Nouns
 
A noun is a person,  place,  idea, or a thing
Like your teacher, the desert, freedom, or wing
A couplet
Click here for more about nouns
Verbs

Verbs are the action
they run, play, talk, jump....and give
nouns something to do

Haiku
Click here for more about verbs
Conjunctions

Like a referee
always fair, but determined
to keep words or phrases from bumping together
and making a terrible mess
Conjunction

   
Adjectives
 
Adjectives 
Describe 
Just nouns to make them
Exquisite
Curly
Tedious
Interesting
Vivid
Exact
Special
 
Acrostic  
Adverbs
 
I wish I were
an adverb
telling verbs
how, when, where, or to what extent
they do what they do.

Like the director in a play,
I would make my verbs perform
perfectly and proudly
I would always boss verbs
making them go here or there
Because they really need me.

 
 
Click Here for More About Adverbs 
Preposition
 
Destined to show relationships between nouns and other things
under the porch, over the rainbow, in the lake, and beneath my wings
Couplet
Here are some great prespositional phrases. Try starting a sentence with one everyday to "dress up" your essays! 
Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of nouns....Instead of constantly refering to Professor Pen, you could say "he" or "him". Mrs. Bergey becomes "she" or her". Together Mrs. Bergey and Professor Pen beocome "they" or "them". "You" and a friend become "we", and the skateboards you are riding become "it", "those". "You" get "it"?

 
 
 
 
 
Play Grammar Gorillas Parts of Speech Game

 

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