This document defines and provides examples of different parts of speech including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It explains what each part of speech is, such as nouns being people, places or things, and verbs being action words. Examples are given for each part of speech like family for nouns and sleeping for verbs. Sentences using the different parts of speech are also provided along with practice identifying the parts of speech in additional sentences. At the end, a link to a YouTube video about adjectives is included along with citations for the images used.

1. Parts of speech

2. Noun
People
Places
Things

3. Examples of nouns
Family
Comerica Park
Road
Cow
Food
Car

4. Nouns in a sentence
My car is red.
The road is long.
The cow was fat.
Comerica Park is big.
My family is cool.

5. Practice with nouns
The man is funny
The cat is fat
It was fun at the park.
My sister is tall.

6. Pronoun
Replaces a noun
Makes a sentence easier to
write.

7. Examples of pronouns
He
She
It
Him
They

8. Pronoun in a sentence
He ran fast.
She is pretty.
They went to the store.
It is cold outside.

9. Practice with Pronouns
He went to the store.
It was very scary outside.
She was the only one there.
They went to dinner.

10. Verbs
Action word
What is the noun doing?

11. Examples of Verb
Sleeping
Jumping
Laying
Screaming
Running

12. Verbs in a sentence
The dogs are sleeping.
The boy screamed loudly.
They were running very fast.
He wanted to yell.

13. Practice with Verbs
She was talking on the phone.
The students were all sitting.
Tommy was running outside.
The kids were sleeping.

14. Adverbs
How
When
Where
Wow much

15. Examples of Adverbs
Friendly
lovely
Today
Yesterday
Boldly

16. Adverbs in a sentence
The man boldly spoke.
She was very friendly to people.
School get out at 3’ clock today.

17. Practice with Adverbs
He went to the bank today.
The show was lovely.
The class was friendly.
It was cold yesterday.

18. Adjective
Describing word
Makes a sentence more interesting

19. Examples of Adjective
Plain
Ugly
Beautiful
Lazy
shy

20. Adjectives in a sentence
The girl in ugly.
Today the dog was lazy.
The food was very plain.
The cat was very shy.

21. Practice with Adjectives
They are happy.
Large tress are in the forest.
The bowling ball is heavy.
Babies are very small.

22. Fun Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=NkuuZEey_bs

23. cites
Author:Nateballantine
Title: Comerica Park
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nateballantine/20301193
cc : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
Author:Swallowed in The Sea
Title: Inge and Lothar
URL:http://www.flickr.com/photos/paolocalvi91/3448577318/sizes/m/in/photostream/
cc : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
Author: 1banaan
Title: Kung Fu Cats
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1banaan/8148552774
cc: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
DisneyEducation (2011, December 7). Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Unpack Your Adjectives Music Video.
RetrievedNovember 2, 2012 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs