A Grammar Lesson for
Elementary students
By Sadie Burton
Section 01

My presentation includes:
• A main page
• A title page
• What is a verb? A cool verb video.
• What is an adjective?
• What is a noun?
• What is an adverb?
• What is a pronoun?
• What is a preposition?
• What is a conjunction?
• A short paragraph containing either a verb, adjective, noun, adverb, pronoun
proposition and conjunction.
• About the author
• Resource Page
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What is a verb?
• the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
• a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of
existence
Examples: The frog jumps on the Lilly pad.
The frog jumped on the Lilly pad.
Click here for cool verb video.
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What is an adjective?
In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main
syntactic role is to modify a noun or
pronoun, giving more information about the
noun or pronoun's
Example: Michigan is a very cold state in the
winter time.
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What is a noun?
• the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a
verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition
• a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place,
thing, quality, or action
Example: George Washingtonwas the first presidentof the
United States.
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What is an adverb?
• An adverb describes adverb, adjective, or
another adverb.
Example: The butterfly flies high.
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What is a pronoun?
• A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
Pronouns can be in one of three cases: Subject, Object, or
Possessive.
Example: Sarah is very happy. She likes to ride
her bike to school.
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What is a preposition?
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other
words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the
preposition introduces is called the object of preposition.
Example: The boy sat under the bridge.
Example: Amanda ran around the house.
Example: Henry and his grandfather walked through the woods.
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What is a conjunction?
• A conjunction is a linking word, connecting words, word groups,
sentences, or sentence groups.
Example: After dinner Joe and Katie ate ice cream. They both had a
choice of either chocolate or strawberry flavor.
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About the Author
Hello, My name is Sadie Burton and I am a junior at Grand Valley State University.
My major is English and my minor is Math. After I graduate, I would like to teach 6th
grade English. If you have any questions or comments
Send me an email.
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Paragraphs with different parts of
speech
Once upon a time there was a littleboy who
lovedplaying with frogs. One day the boyran down to
the river to catch some. He saw a bunch of
themandcollected the frogs in his pocket. The boys
name was Andrew. Andrewtook the frogs home to
show his mother. Hismothersaid that he could keep the
frogs if hetookvery good care of them. Andrew was
very happy.
VERB,ADJECTIVE, PRONOUN, PREPOSITION, CONJUNCTION,NOUN, ADVERB
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Resources:
• Links to videos and images
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QEzJe6_ok
• http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/j
/jumping-frog-110310-ga.jpg&imgrefurl=http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/pod-leap-day/jumping-
frog_pod_image.html&h=450&w=314&sz=39&tbnid=6fQ0KDnw20E-
bM::&tbnh=127&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpicture%2Bof%2Bfrog%2Bjumping%2Bon%2Blilly%2Bpad&hl=en&usg=__fo89CJEKk4jySChYPZ9-
NAH4qMg=&ei=O4XRSbW9JsWhngf7_ay-Bw&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=image&cd=1
• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=picture+of+michigan+in+winter&btnG=G
• http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=picure%20of%20George%20washington&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
• http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lindawalt.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/butterfly-
flying.gif&imgrefurl=http://lindawalt.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/60/&usg=__MeJEDZnbMqU25P9jzG5wAw3qt-
Q=&h=500&w=500&sz=82&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=8pk87j8JgjByTM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbutterfly%2Bflying%26hl
%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
• http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/pronoun.asp
• http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/PCH7791.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/P
CH7791.php&usg=__7PyJ7kw_0k3VbuPOAKcBpB4ug_g=&h=501&w=334&sz=52&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=yLjko_LjCS3W1M:&tbnh=130&tbnw
=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhappy%2Bgirl%2Bon%2Bbike%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
• http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.continentalmills.com/images/brands/ghirardelli/Recipe_Central/brownie_mixes/Double_Choco
late_Brownie_Mix/strawberry%2520ice%2520cream%2520trifle-
gh%2520brownie.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.continentalmills.com/brands/ghirardelli/Recipe_Central/brownie_mixes/Chocolate_Syrup_Brownie_M
ix/%3Frid%3D10111&h=480&w=360&sz=31&tbnid=qA6YVbBvQYDAtM::&tbnh=129&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpicture%2Bof%2Bchocalate%
2Band%2Bstrawberry%2Bicecream&usg=__50MW2FohIZ1xYQ1dqcLHTvjsyeo=&ei=TZbRSfRbxaGeB_39rL4H&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=i
mage&cd=1
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