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Parts of speech
All the words (vocabulary) we use can be classified into a part of speech.
Some of these parts are: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
conjunctions and prepositions. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of all of these,
you will learn about them from these worksheets.

Nouns

What is a noun? If you know, write the definition in your own words here, if
not, then read on.
A noun is: _______________________________________________

Here are some nouns that you would use in a classroom:

Teacher student board chalk desk

Add four nouns from around you to this list:

There are different kinds of nouns:

Proper nouns start with a capital letter. They name a particular person,
place or thing: Auckland, England, Matthew, All Blacks.

Common Nouns name things in a general way. Usually the same noun
can be used to name lots of similar things: boots, shirts, dogs, tables,
classrooms.

Abstract nouns name things that can’t be seen, touched, tasted, heard or
smelt, such as feelings or ideas: love, fear, forgetfulness.

Collective nouns name a group or collection of people or things: team,

cohort, pack.
 I. Write these nouns into the correct part of the table:

USA soldier Sam anger hope football dream Nirvana

herd shoes peace boys swarm “ pride Mt Eden
maki hate cement bunch creativity love pineapple Louvre
museum Verdun Mt. Fuji Tonalá river

Proper Nouns Common Nouns Abstract Nouns Collective Nouns

Extension
Discover the nouns
Re-write the following sentences replacing the underlined words or phrases
with nouns from the box below.

1. The cruise ship crossed the imaginary line around the earth.
2. The teacher ignored the behaviour of the student in the front row because
she felt his behaviour was of little importance.
3. England believed that Germany was the country that started the war in
1939.
4. The train approached the place where the railway lines meet.
5. The students' lack of interest in grammar was depressing the teacher.
6. When their allowance ran out the students faced living in extreme poverty.
7. The dirty, unpleasant appearance of the boat was increasing his sea
sickness problem.
8. The bursar was delighted with the donation from their local supporter.

Aggressor( ) apathy( ) benefactor( ) destitution ( )

Equator( ) junction( ) squalor( ) triviality ( )

Pronouns

Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun. They often refer
to nouns that have already been mentioned.
Each sentence below contains one pronoun. Underline that
pronoun. Then write the noun that is referred to by that pronoun.
The first three have been done for you.

1. Father asked Paul why he hadn’t washed the dog.

2. Jill and Jenna ate fifty cookies while they watched the movie.

3. The robot lifted the rock and put it on the table.

4. Michael denies the charge that he hit Christopher.

5. The boys were shocked when they heard the news.

6. Cheryl took an extra piece of pie and hid it in Joan’s shoe.

7. The little pigs considered pickled prunes to be a treat, and

squealed with joy upon finding them.

8. Sally angrily asked Lorrie why she had stolen the boat.

9. Patrick and Anne said, “We are glad to be here.”

10. The children were pleased that the teacher had brought them
some candy.
 Verbs

A verb is a doing or a being word. For example: like, am, looks, write, read.

Read this passage and underline all the verbs:

In English today Ms Dale wrote our spelling on the board. We all wrote it
down, and we will learn the words for homework this week. We will all get ten
out of ten on Friday!

Verbs are used in different tenses, so we know whether something happened

in the past, or it is happening now, or it will happen in the future. So we would
write today I go to school, yesterday I went to school and tomorrow I will go to
school. Sometimes it is easy to mix these up. Change the following passage
to make it into a correct diary entry. As a diary entry, everything should be in
the past.

Dear Diary
Today is a great day. I play rugby with my friends and Mr Moyes, the Sports
teacher, sees me. He calls me over and tells me I am the best rugby player
of my age he has ever seen. He thinks that I am so good I should play for
Tamaki College Firsts on Saturday. I am very happy and run home to tell my
Mum and Dad.

Dear Diary
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
____________________

Extension

Indicate the tense of the highlighted verb in each sentence. Read carefully,
because the helping verb won't be highlighted with the main future tense verb.

The first six verb tenses have been identified for you.

1. xCarrie spilled the soup. ....

2. xI run faster than any turtle in the world. ....
3. xYou will always remember this lesson. ....
4. xWe'll invent a better mouse trap. ....
5. xI am the man you wanted to see. ....
6. xJohn forgot his password. ....
7. xSandpaper makes poor facial tissue.
8. xKevin and Travis hauled the boat out of the water.
9. xWe love your chocolate chip cookies!
10. I'll tell you a secret that you won't believe.
11. William knew that the story was false.
12. Yes, we were here yesterday.
13. I think you don't know how to drive this bus.
14. I know who said, “I shall return!”
15. The geese will fly north in the spring.
16. Why are you angry?
17. Fred found fifty frogs floating in the fudge.
18. Ashley was the best speaker at the meeting.
19. Never pour mustard on my peaches!
20. We left after Marvin found his glasses.